Kalsoom Perveen Explained

Kalsoom Perveen
Office:Member of the Senate of Pakistan
Term Start:March 2003
Nationality:Pakistani
Party:Pakistan Muslim League (N)
Death Place:Islamabad, Pakistan
Termend:21 December 2020
Birth Date:1945
Election Date:9 March 2015

Kalsoom Parveen Urdu: {{Nastaliq|کلثوم پروین (1945 – December 2020) was a Pakistani politician who served as a member of the Senate from March 2003 until her death on 21 December 2020.

Education

She did Bachelor of Education from the Balochistan University in 1994.[1] She held the Master of Philosophy degree in history.[2]

Political career

She was elected to the Senate of Pakistan on a reserved seat for women as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q) in the 2003 Senate election.

She ran for the seat of Senate in 2009 Pakistani Senate election as an independent candidate after she was not given ticket by PML (Q) and was successfully re-elected.[3] [4] She later joined Balochistan National Party Awami (BNPA).

In January 2015, she quit BNPA to join the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) and also resigned from her seat in the Senate.[5]

She was re-elected to the Senate of Pakistan on a reserved seat for women as a candidate of PML-N in 2015 Pakistani Senate election.[6] [7] She also served as president of the Chess Federation of Pakistan.[8]

Death

Perveen died of COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan in a hospital in Islamabad on 21 December 2020.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Senate of Pakistan. www.senate.gov.pk. 25 August 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170825144859/http://www.senate.gov.pk/en/profile.php?uid=841. 25 August 2017.
  2. Web site: Senate of Pakistan. senate.gov.pk. 25 August 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170825144053/http://senate.gov.pk/en/profile.php?uid=86. 25 August 2017.
  3. News: PPP emerges as majority party in Senate polls. 25 August 2017. www.thenews.com.pk. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170825144650/https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/663068-ppp-emerges-as-majority-party-in-senate-polls. 25 August 2017.
  4. News: PPP emerges largest party in Senate. 25 August 2017. The Nation. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170824221633/http://nation.com.pk/politics/05-Mar-2009/ppp-emerges-largest-party-in-senate. 24 August 2017.
  5. News: Kalsoom Perveen quits Senate, joins PML-N. 25 August 2017. The Nation. 25 February 2015. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170825143828/http://nation.com.pk/lahore/25-Feb-2015/kalsoom-perveen-quits-senate-joins-pml-n. 25 August 2017.
  6. News: Senate polls: Unofficial results emerging. 25 August 2017. DAWN.COM. 5 March 2015. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170805020044/https://www.dawn.com/news/1167526. 5 August 2017.
  7. News: It's a near tie!: PPP, PML-N share sweepstakes - The Express Tribune. 25 August 2017. The Express Tribune. 6 March 2015. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170825224946/https://tribune.com.pk/story/848676/its-a-near-tie-ppp-pml-n-share-sweepstakes/. 25 August 2017.
  8. News: Asian Chess to sponsor 20 Pak players for Arbitration course. The Frontier Post. 8 July 2020. 21 December 2020. 20 December 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201220182705/https://thefrontierpost.com/asian-chess-to-sponsor-20-pak-players-for-arbitration-course/. dead.
  9. Web site: PML-N Senator Kalsoom Parveen Dies Of Coronavirus. Urdu Point. 21 December 2020. 21 December 2020.