Marvi Memon Explained

Marvi Memon
Office:Chairperson of Benazir Income Support Programme
Term Start:25 February 2015
Term End:23 June 2018
Predecessor:Enver Baig
President:Mamnoon Hussain
Primeminister:Nawaz Sharif
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
Office1:Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
Term Start1:1 June 2013
Term End1:31 May 2018
Termstart2:17 March 2008
Termend2:23 June 2011
Constituency2:Reserved seat for women
Party:PMLN (2012-present)
Birth Date:1964 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Nationality:Pakistani
Father:Nisar Memon
Alma Mater:London School of Economics

Marvi Memon (Sindhi: ماروي ميمڻ; born 21 July 1972) is a Pakistani politician who recently served as Chairperson of the Benazir Income Support Programme, from February 2015 until June 2018. She had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from March 2008 to June 2011 and again from June 2013 to May 2018.

Early life and education

Memon was born in July 1972 in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan[1] to Nisar Memon.

Memon studied in Karachi, Kuwait City and Paris,[2] [3] She then enrolled in the London School of Economics from where she completed her BSc (Econ.) Honors in International Relations in 1993.[4] [5]

Professional career

Prior to joining politics, Memon worked as an intern at DAWN, Newsline, Pakistan Institute of International Affairs, International Union for Conservation of Nature and the United States embassy in Islamabad.

After graduating from the London School of Economics, Memon worked as a banker[6] at Citibank where she specialized in Marketing and Quality Management[7] before moving to launch Trakker, Pakistan's largest vehicle tracking service provider which established her as an entrepreneur. Memon joined the Inter-Services Public Relations in 2004 and served in its media monitoring and analysis wing until 2007. She also worked as a media consultant to Board of Investment.

Political career

Memon launched her political career as an advisor within Pakistan's Board of Investment, her primary role being advising the Minister of Strategies on marketing Pakistan's profitable sectors.[8] She joined Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q) in 2007 and was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan in 2008 general election on a reserved seat for women from Punjab.[9]

During her tenure as MNA, she served as a member on the opposition benches, and held various positions including a member of the standing committee of Environment, Information Technology and Kashmir. Her work paid particular focus on rural and urban vulnerabilities faced by women. Some of her key legislative pieces include:

  1. The Acid and Burns Crime Legislation, which also became the subject of Pakistan's first Oscar winning documentary[10]
  2. Legislation to set up the Pakistani Institute of Parliamentary Services, which is Pakistan's first research and training institute for parliamentarians[11]
  3. Procedures and obligations of airlines after air crashes[12]
  4. Supreme Court of Pakistan's Flood Commission Report which is a technical report taking account of climate change, and government obligations pre and post flooding[13]
  5. Rights of rural women faced with honour killings[14]
  6. Worker rights in the agriculture sector[15]

Memon resigned from the National Assembly in 2011[16] and left the PML-Q in protest after the party joined the PPP led-coalition government.[17]

In 2012, she launched her memoir, My Parliamentary Diaries, an account of everyday life as a parliamentarian.[18]

Memon joined Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) in 2012, and was elected to the National Assembly on a reserved seat for women from Sindh.[19] [20] [21] Memon initially served as Prime minister's youth wing coordinator[22] before she was appointed Chairperson of the Standing Committee for Information Broadcasting and Heritage.[23] During her tenure as Chairperson, the Committee passed through various reforms with the objective of maintaining legislative oversight over the Federal Government's information Ministry. In February 2015, she was appointed Chairperson of Benazir Income Support Programme with status of Minister of State.[24] [25] [26]

In April 2017, she was appointed as the member of the Advisory Council on Gender and Development at World Bank.

She ceased to hold the status of Minister of State when the federal cabinet was disbanded after Nawaz Sharif resigned as Prime Minister.[27] Following the election of Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as the new prime minister in August 2017,[28] she was re-appointed as the Minister of State in the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi[29] and was elevated to federal minister in the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi until the dissolution of the National Assembly on the expiration of its term in May 2018.[30]

In November 2018, Memon founded the Lifelong Learners Consultancy, providing consultancy services on development, national security, women empowerment, medium management and poverty alleviation to organisation, universities, governments and corporates.[31]

Awards and honours

In March 2017, Memon received the Speaker's Democracy Award by the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.[32] [33]

In July 2017, she was conferred the French National Order of Merit by the French Ambassador to Pakistan in Islamabad.[34]

Notes and References

  1. News: Marvi Memon. 29 August 2017. Daily Times. 29 August 2017. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170829042321/http://dailytimes.com.pk/life-and-style/29-Aug-17/marvi-memon. 29 August 2017.
  2. Web site: Ms. Marvi Memon profile . bisp.gov.pk . Benazir Income Support Programme . 24 April 2017 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20170424163715/http://bisp.gov.pk/ms-marvi-memon/ . 24 April 2017 .
  3. Web site: Profile. Marvi Memon MNA. pncp.net. 25 December 2016. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20161224164112/http://pncp.net/members/ms-marvi-memon-mna. 24 December 2016.
  4. News: Marvi Memon. 2013-04-28. DAWN.COM. 2017-02-21. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170222055026/http://www.dawn.com/news/1024459. 22 February 2017.
  5. News: A glance at Sindh's female election hopefuls. 19 November 2016. DAWN.COM. 7 May 2013. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20161120005752/http://www.dawn.com/news/812505. 20 November 2016.
  6. News: Marvi Memon appointed to WB Advisory Council on Gender and Development. 24 April 2017. DAWN.COM. 24 April 2017. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170424225615/https://www.dawn.com/news/1328941/marvi-memon-appointed-to-wb-advisory-council-on-gender-and-development. 24 April 2017.
  7. Web site: World Bank Advisory Council on Gender and Development. World Bank. 24 April 2017. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170415034650/http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/gender/publication/world-bank-advisory-council-on-gender-and-development. 15 April 2017.
  8. Web site: Collection of Marvi's parliamentary diaries launched. Newspaper. the. 2011-08-27. DAWN.COM. en. 2019-09-01.
  9. News: Marvi Memon. 28 April 2013. DAWN.COM. 19 November 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160505051913/http://www.dawn.com/news/1024459/marvi-memon-2. 5 May 2016. live. dawn/28april2013.
  10. News: Pakistan's Oscar triumph for acid attack film Saving Face. Abbas. Nosheen. 2012-02-29. 2019-09-01. en-GB.
  11. Web site: Pakistan Institute for Parliamentary Services. www.pips.gov.pk. en. 2019-09-01.
  12. Web site: Airblue crash anniversary: Could lives have been saved?. Tribune.com.pk. 2013-07-28. The Express Tribune. en. 2019-09-01.
  13. Web site: SC orders implementation of recommendations in Flood Commission report Pakistan Today. www.pakistantoday.com.pk. 2019-09-01.
  14. News: Pakistan to outlaw domestic violence. Wilkinson. Isambard. Daily Telegraph. 2009-08-05. 2019-09-01. en-GB. 0307-1235.
  15. Web site: Marvi writes to PM, CJP on human rights' abuse Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF). www.pakistanpressfoundation.org. en. 2019-09-01.
  16. News: Resignation of Marvi Memon accepted. 19 November 2016. DAWN.COM. 23 June 2011. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20161120004858/http://www.dawn.com/news/638825/resignation-of-marvi-memon-accepted. 20 November 2016.
  17. News: Voting against the budget: Marvi Memon resigns from NA, PML-Q – The Express Tribune. 19 November 2016. The Express Tribune. 23 June 2011. tribune/23june2011. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160428063643/http://tribune.com.pk/story/193999/marvi-memon-resigns-from-pml-q-national-assembly/. 28 April 2016.
  18. News: Newspaper. the. Collection of Marvi's parliamentary diaries launched. 24 April 2017. DAWN.COM. 27 August 2011. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170425025712/https://www.dawn.com/news/655052. 25 April 2017.
  19. News: PML-N nominates Marvi Memon for NA reserved seat – The Express Tribune. 26 May 2013. The Express Tribune. 19 November 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065124/http://tribune.com.pk/story/554634/pml-n-nominates-marvi-memon-for-na-reserved-seat/. 4 March 2016. live.
  20. News: PML-N secures most reserved seats for women in NA – The Express Tribune. 7 March 2017. The Express Tribune. 28 May 2013. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170304195047/https://tribune.com.pk/story/555511/pml-n-secures-most-reserved-seats-for-women-in-na/. 4 March 2017.
  21. News: Women, minority seats allotted. 7 March 2017. DAWN.COM. 29 May 2013. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170307205110/https://www.dawn.com/news/1014677. 7 March 2017.
  22. News: Loan scheme launched in Fata. 19 November 2016. DAWN.COM. 19 January 2014. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20161120005828/http://www.dawn.com/news/1081322. 20 November 2016.
  23. Web site: Ms. Marvi Memon MNA Parliamentarians Network for Conflict Prevention. pncp.info. 2019-09-01.
  24. News: Marvi Memon appointed as BISP chairperson. 19 November 2016. thenews.com.pk. 25 February 2015. thenews/25feb2015. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20161120004727/https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1884-marvi-memon-appointed-as-bisp-chairperson. 20 November 2016.
  25. News: Marvi Memon to head BISP. 20 November 2016. DAWN.COM. 26 February 2015. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20161120151536/http://www.dawn.com/news/1165992/marvi-memon-to-head-bisp. 20 November 2016.
  26. News: Marvi Memon appointed as BISP chairperson. Dunya News. 2017-02-20. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170913172102/http://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/263763-Marvi-Memon-appointed-as-BISP-chairperson. 13 September 2017.
  27. News: PM Nawaz Sharif steps down; federal cabinet stands dissolved. 25 March 2018. Daily Pakistan Global.
  28. News: Chaudhry, Dawn.com . Fahad . Shahid Khaqan Abbasi sworn in as prime minister of Pakistan . 25 March 2018 . DAWN.COM . 1 August 2017.
  29. News: Reporter. The Newspaper's Staff. Status of federal minister conferred on Fazl. 31 August 2017. DAWN.COM. 27 August 2017. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170831174330/https://www.dawn.com/news/1354141. 31 August 2017.
  30. News: Govt expands cabinet months before elections - The Express Tribune. 27 April 2018. The Express Tribune. 27 April 2018.
  31. Web site: Life Long Learners Consultancy. Life Long Learners Consultancy. 1 September 2019. 7 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190707090953/http://lifelonglearnersconsultancy.com/. dead.
  32. News: Speaker's Democracy Award – inaugural winner announced. 30 March 2017. parliament.uk. 30 March 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170331025232/http://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2017/march/speakers-democracy-award---inaugural-winner-announced/. 31 March 2017.
  33. News: Marvi Memon conferred Speaker's Democracy Award by UK parliament. 31 March 2017. DAWN.COM. 31 March 2017. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170330215909/https://www.dawn.com/news/1323813. 30 March 2017.
  34. News: Marvi Memon conferred French National Order of Merit. 22 July 2017. DAWN.COM. 22 July 2017. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170722121140/https://www.dawn.com/news/1346928/marvi-memon-conferred-french-national-order-of-merit. 22 July 2017.

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