Sharmila Faruqui, National Assembly of Pakistan

Dr. Sharmila Faruqui is a Member of the National Assembly representing Pakistan Peoples Party and has been an active parliamentary voice on climate, energy, and water policy. She has raised concerns in the National Assembly about the operationalisation of the Loss and Damage Fund, pressing the government on the gap between international commitments and the funding actually delivered to countries like Pakistan. She has also been at the forefront of the parliamentary debate on Pakistan’s solar net metering policy, challenging the government when it moved to revise the terms for solar consumers, arguing that citizens who had invested in clean energy in good faith based on government policy deserved to have those commitments honoured. She has called for a Council of Common Interests meeting to address Sindh’s water crisis, linking water distribution to the climate-driven changes in rainfall and river flow that are reshaping agriculture across the province. Her parliamentary work reflects the understanding that climate change is not a single issue but a thread running through water, energy, agriculture, and economic security.