Ayesha Raza Farooq

Ayesha Raza Farooq (Urdu: عائشہ رضا فاروق‎) is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the Senate of Pakistan since March 2015. Previously she had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2013 to 2015.

Ayesha Raza Farooq

Senator
Member of the Senate of Pakistan
Assumed office
March 2015
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
1 June 2013 – March 2015
Personal details
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPakistan Muslim League (N)
Alma materLahore University of Management Sciences (MBA)
Punjab Law College (L.L.B)
University of Punjab

Education

She has a degree of Master of Business Administration which she received from Lahore University of Management Sciences in 1995 and has a degree of Bachelor of Laws which she obtained from University of Punjab in 2013.[1]

Political career

She was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) on reserved seats for women from Punjab in 2013 Pakistani general election.[1][2][3] In November 2013, she was appointed as Prime Minister's focal person on polio eradication.[4] She resigned from National Assembly in March 2015.[5][6]

She was elected to the Senate of Pakistan on reserved seat for women as a candidate of PML-N in 2015 Pakistani Senate election.[7][8][9][10]

In March 2018, she received Sitara-i-Imtiaz from the Government of Pakistan for her role in polio eradication.[11]

References
  1. "Prominent female senators". The Nation. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  2. "Kiran Dar to get PML-N ticket for NA reserved seat". DAWN.COM. 31 March 2015. Archived from the original on 10 April 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  3. "Women, minority seats allotted". DAWN.COM. 29 May 2013. Archived from the original on 8 March 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  4. Junaidi, Ikram (30 November 2013). "MNA made focal person on polio". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  5. "Kiran Imran declared returned candidate against NA seat". brecorder. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  6. Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (31 March 2015). "Kiran Dar to get PML-N ticket for NA reserved seat". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  7. "Closer, messier Senate emerges after polls". DAWN.COM. 6 March 2015. Archived from the original on 9 April 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  8. "46 Senators-elect take oath - Samaa TV". www.samaa.tv. Archived from the original on 24 August 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  9. "Senate Elections 2015: PML-N, PPP almost get equal representation in upper house | Pakistan | Dunya News". dunyanews.tv. Archived from the original on 16 September 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  10. "Senate Election: Unofficial Results". www.thenews.com.pk. Archived from the original on 24 August 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  11. "Ayesha Raza Farooq dedicates her Sitara-e-Imtiaz to heroic efforts of polio teams - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.


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