Nuzhat Pathan | |
Office: | Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan |
Term Start: | 13 August 2018 |
Constituency: | Reserved seat for women |
Nationality: | Pakistani |
Party: | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Pakistan Muslim League (Q) 2006–2011 Pakistan Peoples Party 1979-2006 |
Term End: | 10 August 2023 |
Nuzhat Pathan (Sindhi: نزهت پٺاڻ; Birth: 12 February 1965) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till August 2023. Previously, she was a member of Provincial Assembly of Sindh from 2002 to 2013.
She was born on 19 February 1965 in Hyderabad, Pakistan.[1]
She received a degree of Master of Arts in Political Science and degree of Master of Arts in Economics.
She was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of PPP on a reserved seat for women in the 2002 General Elections.[2] [3]
In March 2006, she quit PPP[4] and joined Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q).[5] [6] In a 2006 Interview, she said she has been affiliated with PPP for the last 27 years.[7]
In October 2006, she was inducted into the provincial Sindh cabinet of Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim and was appointed as adviser to the Chief Minister.[8]
She was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of PML-Q on a reserved seat for women in the 2008 General Elections.[9] [10]
In 2011, she left PML-Q and joined Pakistan Muslim League (Like-Minded).[11] [12]
In October 2016, she was appointed as Secretary-General of the women's wing of PTI's chapter in Sindh.
She was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PTI on a reserved seat for women from Sindh in the 2018 General Elections.[13]