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Khadija Umar

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Khadija Umar
Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
In office
2002 – 14 January 2023
ConstituencyReserved seat for women
Personal details
Born (1975-08-29) 29 August 1975 (age 49)
Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan
Political partyPTI (2023-present)

Khadija Umar (Urdu: خدیجہ عمر; born 29 August 1975) is a Pakistani politician who was a member of Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from 2002 to 2023.

Early life and education

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She was born on 29 August 1975 in Rawalpindi.[1]

She graduated in 1998 from Marghzar College, Gujrat and has the degree of Bachelor of Arts. She obtained a Diploma in Interior Designing from the National College of Arts in 2000.[1]

Political career

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She was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q) on a reserved seat for women in 2002 Pakistani general election. She was the youngest female MPA. [2]

She was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-Q on a reserved seat for women in 2008 Pakistani general election.[3][4]

She was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-Q on a reserved seat for women in 2014.[1]

She was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-Q on a reserved seat for women in 2018 Pakistani general election.[5]

On 21 February 2023, after the dissolution of the Provincial Assembly, she, along with former Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi and eight other former PML(Q) MPAs, joined the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Punjab Assembly". www.pap.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 13 June 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Punjab Assembly". www.pap.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 11 May 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Punjab Assembly". www.pap.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 24 July 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  4. ^ "PML-N obtains highest reserved seats for women". Daily Times. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2018.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (13 August 2018). "ECP notifies candidates for PA reserved seats". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  6. ^ Farooq, Umar (21 February 2023). "Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi joins PTI with 10 former PML–Q MPAs". DAWN News. Retrieved 21 February 2023.