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Pakistani politician

Naeema Kishwar Khan
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
1 June 2013 – 31 May 2018
ConstituencyReserved seat for women
Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
In office
2010–2013
Personal details
NationalityPakistani
Political partyJamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)

Naeema Kishwar Khan (Urdu: نعیمہ کشور خان) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from June 2013 to May 2018. .

Education

She has a degree in Islamic law.

Political career

She was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) on a reserved seat for women in 2010.

She was re-elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) on a reserved seat for women from Khyber Paktunkhwa in 2013 Pakistani general election.

PILDAT gave her the title of "MNA of the Year" due to her best performance in 14th National Assembly during the third parliamentary year.

On 13 May 2024, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) suspended the membership of Khan as a member of the National Assembly. This action followed a Supreme Court of Pakistan decision to suspend the verdict of the Peshawar High Court, which had denied the allocation of a reserved seat to the PTI-Sunni Ittehad Council bloc.

References

  1. Shah, Sadia Qasim (18 May 2013). "New KP Assembly to have some experienced women". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 10 April 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  2. "Court directs EC to allocate provincial seat to JUI-F". DAWN.COM. 28 October 2010. Archived from the original on 10 April 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  3. "'Long shot' law seeks proportional representation for women in NA". DAWN.COM. 20 April 2016. Archived from the original on 8 March 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  4. "Imran, Faryal, Hamza performed badly on MNAs' scorecard". DAWN.COM. 20 October 2016. Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  5. "PML-N secures most reserved seats for women in NA - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 28 May 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  6. "Women, minority seats allotted". DAWN.COM. 29 May 2013. Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  7. "PILDAT declares Naeema Kishwar MNA of year". pakobserver.net.
  8. "Notification dated 13 May 2024" (PDF). ecp.gov.pk. Election Commission of Pakistan. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  9. Khan, Iftikhar A. (14 May 2024). "Ruling coalition loses two-thirds majority in NA". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
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