Nuzhat Sadiq
Senator Nuzhat Sadiq | |
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Member of the Senate of Pakistan | |
Assumed office 12 March 2012 | |
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
In office 17 March 2008 – 11 March 2012 | |
Constituency | Reserved seat for women |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Pakistani |
Political party | Pakistan Muslim League (N) |
Nuzhat Amir Sadiq (Urdu: نزہت عامر صادق) is a Pakistani politician who has been a Member of the Senate of Pakistan, since March 2012. Previously she has been a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2012.
Education
Sadiq received a Bachelor of the Arts degree from Cantonment College for Women in Peshawar in 1975.[1]
Political career
Sadiq was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) on reserved seat for women in Pakistani general election, 2008.[2] She remained the richest woman Member of the National Assembly from 2007 to 2009.[3]
She was elected to the Senate of Pakistan as a candidate of PML-N on a reserved seat for women in Pakistani Senate election, 2012.[4][5][6][7]
She resigned from her National Assembly seat on 11 March 2012.[8]
She was nominated by PML-N as its candidate in Pakistani Senate election, 2018.[9] However the Election Commission of Pakistan declared all PML-N candidates for the Senate election as independent after a ruling of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.[10]
She was re-elected to the Senate as an independent candidate on a reserved seat for women from Punjab in the 2018 Senate election.[11][12] She joined the treasury benches, led by PML-N after getting elected.[13]
References
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- ^ "PML-N, PPP shortlist candidates for Senate elections". Pakistan Today. 7 February 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ^ "PML-N's Senate nominees to contest election as independent candidates, says ECP". DAWN.COM. 22 February 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ^ "LIVE: PML-N-backed independent candidates lead in Punjab, PPP in Sindh - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 3 March 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ Khan, Iftikhar A. (4 March 2018). "PML-N gains Senate control amid surprise PPP showing". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- ^ Guramani, Nadir (22 March 2018). "15 independent senators backed by PML-N in Senate polls join treasury". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 22 March 2018.