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Yasmeen Rehman
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
16 November 2002 – 15 November 2007
ConstituencyReserved seat for women
In office
17 March 2008 – 16 March 2013
ConstituencyReserved seat for women
Personal details
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPakistan Peoples Party
SpouseMian Misbah-ur-Rehman
RelationsMuhammad Pervaiz Malik (brother)
Malik Mohammad Qayyum (brother)
Professor Dr. Javed Akram (brother)
Ali Pervaiz Malik (nephew)
Mian Mujtaba Shuja-ur-Rehman (nephew)

Yasmeen Rehman (Template:Lang-ur) is a Pakistani politician who served as member of the National Assembly of Pakistan.

Personal Life

She is daughter of Retired Justice of Supreme Court of Pakistan Justice (R) Malik Muhammad Akram Arain. She did her Bachelor of Arts (BA) with distinction in Philosophy from Kinnaird College For Women, Lahore.

Family Life

She is sister of Muhammad Pervaiz Malik,[1] Malik Mohammad Qayyum, and Professor Dr. Javed Akram Arain.

She is married to Mian Misbah-ur-Rehman. Her nephew Mian Mujtaba Shuja-ur-Rehman has been member of Provincial Assembly of Pakistan from Lahore many times. Her nephew Ali Pervaiz Malik has also been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan.

Political career

She was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party on a seat reserved for women from Punjab in the 2002 Pakistani general election.[2][3]

She was re-elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party on a seat reserved for women from Punjab in the 2008 Pakistani general election.[4][5][6][1]

She was appointed Advisor for "Ministry of Women Development" with status of State Minister from April, 2010 to June, 2011.[7] She was Advisor to the Minister for Women Development which during that tenure was the Honorable Prime Minister of Pakistan. Ministry of Women Development was developed under the 18th Constitutional Amendment.[8][9][10]

She has performed her duties as acting speaker of National Assembly of Pakistan on numerous times, presiding over many sessions of the National Assembly. She was also the acting Speaker of the house for the close out final session of the 13th National Assembly on March 14, 2013.[11]

She is former founding Board member of Organization of Women in Parliamentary Politics, which is the first ever civil society organization for women parliamentarians in Pakistan.[12] She has been the Chairperson the board of directors of Furniture Pakistan from 2010 to 2011, which was under the Ministry of Production, Government of Pakistan.[13]

She was member of Special Parliamentary Committee on Sectarian Violence in Quetta City (February 2013) constituted by the Honorable Raja Pervez Ashraf, Prime Mistier of Pakistan.[14]

Standing Committees of National Assembly

She was a member of the following Standing Committees of National Assembly from 2008-2013:

  1. Public Accounts Committee (PAC)
  2. Health Committee
  3. Commerce Committee
  4. Human Rights Committee
  5. Environment Committee

During her tenure as Member of National Assembly, she was an active member of Public Accounts Committee of the National Assembly.[15] She was the Deputy Chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee, Regular Chairperson of Special Committee for "Monitoring and Implementation Committee" of the PAC and has been acting Chair of the Public Accounts Committee on multiple occasions from 2008-2013.[16][17][18][19]

Bills and Motions moved during tenure in National Assembly

She was Instrumental in Passing of “Right to free and Compulsory Education Bill 2012” in National Assembly which was moved and piloted by her as a Private Member Bill.[20][21][22][23]

The Capital University Islamabad Bill, 2013 moved and authored by her was also passed by the National Assembly.[24][25]

Publications

She has written a book on the details of the 18th Amendment and its affects on the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan. The Book is titled "The Constitution of the Islamic Republic Pakistan, 1973 (As amended by Eighteenth Amendment Act, 2010)" written by Yasmeen Rehman. Lahore, Published by Punjab Law Book House in 2010.[26][27][28][29]

References

  1. ^ a b "PML-N's top man in Lahore is… Pervaiz Malik!". Pakistan Today. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Women who made it to National Assembly". DAWN.COM. 1 November 2002. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Parties' likely share in seats for women, minorities". DAWN.COM. 16 October 2002. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  4. ^ Reporter, The Newspaper's (25 July 2009). "Registration of women voters stressed". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  5. ^ Wasim, Amir (16 March 2008). "60pc new faces to enter NA". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  6. ^ Khan, Iftikhar A. (5 August 2017). "A blend of old, new hands". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  7. ^ "Yasmeen, Asma Arbab appointed advisors to Prime Minister". brecorder.com. 28 February 2024.
  8. ^ "PM appoints Yasmeen Rehman as advisor". The Nation. 2010-04-10. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
  9. ^ "Yasmeen, Asma Arbab appointed advisors to Prime Minister -". www.pakistanpressfoundation.org. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
  10. ^ "In the name of honour". The Express Tribune. 2010-08-11. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
  11. ^ AFP (2013-03-14). "Parliament makes history by completing tenure". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
  12. ^ "Women parliamentarians review the International Human Rights Conventions Ratified by Pakistan | Heinrich Böll Stiftung". www.boell.de. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  13. ^ "Yasmeen elected as Chairperson PFC". The Nation. 2010-07-24. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
  14. ^ Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (2013-02-18). "Parliamentary team to visit Quetta today". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
  15. ^ Rehman, Shoaib Ur (2012-12-06). "PAC recovered Rs180bn looted national wealth: Yasmin Rehman". Brecorder. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
  16. ^ Rehman, Shoaib Ur (2012-12-06). "PAC recovered Rs180bn looted national wealth: Yasmin Rehman". Brecorder. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
  17. ^ "Outstanding dues: PAC displeased with FATA secretariat". The Express Tribune. 2011-08-10. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
  18. ^ "MoF deprived WWF of Rs 87.434 billion, PAC informed". Brecorder. 2011-05-10. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
  19. ^ "HOUSE OF COMMONS MINUTES OF EVIDENCE TAKEN BEFORE THE COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS MONDAY 15 MARCH 2010". publications.parliament.uk. 2024-03-05.
  20. ^ Dawn.com, APP | (2012-11-13). "NA passes 'right to free and compulsory education bill'". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
  21. ^ "NA passes Right to Free and Compulsory Education bill". The Express Tribune. 2012-11-13. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
  22. ^ Junaidi, Ikram (2012-11-16). "Compulsory education for Islamabad a major challenge". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  23. ^ "NA passes the Right to Free & Compulsory Education Bill". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  24. ^ Imaduddin (2013-02-26). "NA passes Capital University Islamabad Bill, 2013". Brecorder. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  25. ^ "National Assembly passes Capital University Islamabad Bill". Brecorder. 2013-02-27. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  26. ^ Burki, Shahid Javed (2010-09-03). "The 18th Amendment: Pakistan's Constitution Redesigned" (PDF). Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  27. ^ "State Bank Library, Fresh Arrival Bulletin May 2010" (PDF). State Bank Library. May 2010. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  28. ^ Munawar, Dr Shahzad; Butt, Dr AHTASHAM JAN; Latif, Dr ARFAN (2023-09-30). "Pros and Cons of 18th Amendment: A study of Center-Province relations 2010-2022". Jahan-e-Tahqeeq. 6 (3): 292–298. doi:10.61866/jt.v6i3.951. ISSN 2709-7625.
  29. ^ "State Bank Library, Fresh Arrival Bulletin (May 2010)" (PDF). State Bank Library. 2010-05-01.
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