Shahzada Shahid (original) (raw)

Mawlawi Shahzada Shahid was elected to represent Kunar Province in Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of its National Legislature, in 2005. A report on Kunar prepared at the Navy Postgraduate School stated that he was a religious scholar who studied in Pakistan.It stated that he was "associated with Sayyaf [sic] or Hezbi Islami (unclear) [sic]".It stated he sat on the counter-narcotics committee. Shahzada joined a new group of legislators in 2010, who called themselves the "Reformists". According to Pahjwok Afghan News Shahzada was re-elected to the Wolesi Jirga in 2010.