Senator Nuzhat Sadiq | |
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Pakistan Senator from Punjab | |
Assumed office 12 March 2012 | |
Constituency | Reserved seat for women |
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
In office 17 March 2008 – 11 March 2012 | |
Constituency | Reserved seat for women |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Pakistani American (until 2012) [1] |
Political party | Pakistan Muslim League (N) |
Nuzhat Amir Sadiq ( Urdu: نزہت عامر صادق) is a Pakistani politician who has been a Member of the Senate of Pakistan, since March 2012. Previously, she has been a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2012.
Sadiq received a Bachelor of the Arts degree from Cantonment College for Women in Peshawar in 1975. [2]
Sadiq was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) on reserved seat for women in 2008 Pakistani general election. [3] She remained the richest woman Member of the National Assembly from 2007 to 2009. [4]
She was elected to the Senate of Pakistan as a candidate of PML-N on a reserved seat for women in 2012 Pakistani Senate election. [5] [6] [7] [8]
She resigned from her National Assembly seat on 11 March 2012. [9]
She was nominated by PML-N as its candidate in 2018 Pakistani Senate election. [10] However the Election Commission of Pakistan declared all PML-N candidates for the Senate election as independent after a ruling of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. [11]
She was re-elected to the Senate as an independent candidate on a reserved seat for women from Punjab in the 2018 Senate election. [12] [13] She joined the treasury benches, led by PML-N after getting elected. [14]