Tamkeen Akhtar Niazi Explained

Tamkeen Akhtar Niazi
Office:Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
Term Start:29 May 2013
Term End:31 May 2018
Constituency:Reserved seat for women
Birth Place:Abbottabad
Nationality:Pakistani
Party:Pakistan Muslim League (N)

Tamkeen Akhtar Niazi is a Pakistani politician who was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, from May 2013 to May 2018.

Early life and education

She was born in September in Abbottabad.[1]

She has earned the degree of Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Kinnaird College for Women University. She received a Diploma in Apparel Management from Southern Polytechnic State University.

Political career

She was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) on a reserved seat for women in 2013 Pakistani general election.[2] [3]

On 13 May 2024, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) suspended her membership as a member of the National Assembly.[4] This action followed a Supreme Court of Pakistan decision to suspend the verdict of the Peshawar High Court, which had denied the allocation of a reserved seat to the PTI-Sunni Ittehad Council bloc.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Punjab Assembly. www.pap.gov.pk. 7 March 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170904000417/http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/20/1168. 4 September 2017.
  2. News: PML-N secures maximum number of reserved seats in NA. 6 February 2018. www.pakistantoday.com.pk. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180103061614/https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/05/28/pml-n-secures-maximum-number-of-reserved-seats-in-na/. 3 January 2018.
  3. Web site: 2013 election women seat notification. ECP. 6 February 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180127070840/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/Downloads/General%20Election%202013/Reserved%20Seats%20Notification/Reserved%20Seats%20in%20Punjab.pdf. 27 January 2018.
  4. Web site: Notification dated 13 May 2024 . ecp.gov.pk . Election Commission of Pakistan . 14 May 2024.
  5. News: Khan . Iftikhar A. . Ruling coalition loses two-thirds majority in NA . 14 May 2024 . DAWN.COM . 14 May 2024 . en.

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