| Farzana Raja | |
| Office1: | Chairperson of the Benazir Income Support Programme |
| Term Start1: | 2008 |
| Term End1: | 2013 |
| Primeminister1: | Yousaf Raza Gillani Raja Pervez Ashraf |
| Office2: | Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan |
| Term Start2: | 2008 |
| Term End2: | 2013 |
| Constituency2: | Reserved seat for women |
| Birth Date: | 2 January 1965 |
| Birth Place: | Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Nationality: | Pakistani |
| Party: | Pakistan Peoples Party |
Farzana Raja is a Pakistani politician who served as chair of the Benazir Income Support Programme and has been a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan.
She was born on 2 January 1965.[1] [2] She received her early education from Government High School in Chaklala, Rawalpindi and completed her college education from Viqar-u-Nisa College in Rawalpindi before obtaining a bachelor's degree from Punjab University in 1989.
She was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party on a reserved seat for women in 2002 Pakistani general election.
She was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party on a reserved seat for women from Punjab in 2008 Pakistani general election.[3]
She became chairwoman of the Benazir Income Support Programme in 2008.[4] [5]
In 2012, she was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani without portfolio[6] and was give the status of a federal minister. She was retained in the federal cabinet of incoming Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf.[7]
Farzana Raja Was Chairman BISP