Basma Riaz Choudhry

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Basma Riaz Choudhry
بسمہ ریاض چوہدری
Member of the Provincial Assembly PML-Q
In office
10 October 2002 – 2008
Preceded byChaudhry Pervaiz Elahi
Succeeded byChaudhry Pervaiz Elahi
Personal details
Born (1977-03-05) 5 March 1977 (age 47)
Chicago, United States
Political partyPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (2023-present)
Other political
affiliations
Pakistan Muslim League (Q)
Children2
RelativesChaudhry family
ProfessionPolitician

Basma Riaz Choudhry also spelt Baasima (Urdu: بسمہ ریاض چوہدری) is a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab. She is the daughter of Chaudhry Riaz Asghar, (brother-in-law of Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain). The first time she was elected as Member of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab in by-election 2005. She returned to Punjab Assembly in general elections 2013 and 2018 against one of the seats reserved for women.[1]

She took part in the general elections 2008 from the Constituency PP-117 (Mandi Bahuddin-II) as the candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) for the second time, but was defeated by the PPPP candidate Asif Bashir Bhagat. She belongs to PML-Q.

Chaudhry was born on March 5, 1977, in Chicago. She obtained a B.Sc. in Management Marketing in 1998, and obtained her Master of Computer Science from DePaul University in Chicago in 2001.[1] She is the niece of Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Profile". Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  2. ^ Butt, Waseem Ashraf (31 July 2018). "At least four Gujrat, Mandi Bahauddin women to get reserved seats". DAWN.COM.