Salma Ataullahjan (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Salma Ataullahjan (born April 29, 1952) is a Canadian Senator.She was named to the upper house by Governor General Michaelle Jean, on the advice of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, on July 9, 2010, and will sit with the Conservative caucus. With this appointment Ataullahjan becomes the first Canadian senator of Pakistani Pushtun descent. She had been the Conservative Party's unsuccessful candidate in Mississauga-Brampton South during the 2008 federal election losing to Liberal MP Navdeep Bains.