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Pakistani politician

Nuzhat Pathan
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
13 August 2018 – 10 August 2023
ConstituencyReserved seat for women
Personal details
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPTI (2018-present) PML (Q) (2006–2018)PPP (1979-2006)

Nuzhat Pathan (Sindhi: نزهت پٺاڻ; Birth: 12 February 1965) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till August 2023. Previously, she was a member of Provincial Assembly of Sindh from 2002 to 2013.

Early life and education

She was born on 19 February 1965 in Hyderabad, Pakistan.

She received a degree of Master of Arts in Political Science and degree of Master of Arts in Economics.

Political career

She was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of PPP on a reserved seat for women in the 2002 General Elections.

In March 2006, she quit PPP and joined Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q). In a 2006 Interview, she said she has been affiliated with PPP for the last 27 years.

In October 2006, she was inducted into the provincial Sindh cabinet of Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim and was appointed as adviser to the Chief Minister.

She was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of PML-Q on a reserved seat for women in the 2008 General Elections.

In 2011, she left PML-Q and joined Pakistan Muslim League (Like-Minded).

In October 2016, she was appointed as Secretary-General of the women's wing of PTI's chapter in Sindh.

She was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PTI on a reserved seat for women from Sindh in the 2018 General Elections.

References

  1. ^ "Profile". www.pas.gov.pk. Sindh Assembly. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  2. "PPP names Benazir for reserved seats". DAWN.COM. 25 August 2002. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  3. Ghori, Habib Khan (1 November 2002). "KARACHI: PPP gets largest number of women's seats in PA". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Nusrat Wahid made president of PTI's Sindh women wing". The News. 16 October 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  5. "KARACHI: PPP MPA defects". DAWN.COM. 28 March 2006. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  6. "Government forced Nuzhat to change loyalty: PPP". Business Recorder. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  7. "تیسری اپوزیشن رکن منحرف". BBC Urdu. 27 March 2006. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  8. "Minister, 7 advisers join Sindh cabinet". DAWN.COM. 31 October 2006. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  9. "2008 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  10. "MQM's priority list for reserved seats released". Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  11. "Sindh PML-Q ready to join hands with PPP". The Nation. 27 April 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  12. "Nuzhat Pathan joins PML-LM". Business Recorder. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  13. Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (12 August 2018). "List of MNAs elected on reserved seats for women, minorities". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
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