Tehseen Fawad (Urdu: تحسین فواد) is a Pakistani politician who was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, from May 2013 to May 2018.
Tehseen Fawad | |
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Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab | |
In office 29 May 2013 – 31 May 2018 | |
Constituency | Reserved seat for women |
Personal details | |
Born | Lahore | 13 November 1959
Nationality | Pakistani |
Political party | Pakistan Muslim League (N) |
Early and personal life
editShe was born on 13 November 1959 in Lahore.[1]
She is married and has five children.[1]
She is a social worker by profession and had been Executive Member of Aurat Foundation in 1998.[1]
Political career
editShe had been a Member of the Rawal Town Tehsil from 2005 to 2008 and Member of Bait-ul-Maal Rawalpindi District from 2011 to 2013.[1]
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 general election.[2][3]
On 13 May 2024, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) suspended her membership as a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab.[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]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Punjab Assembly". www.pap.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- ^ "PML-N secures maximum number of reserved seats in NA". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ "2013 election women seat notification" (PDF). ECP. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ "Notification dated 13 May 2024" (PDF). ecp.gov.pk. Election Commission of Pakistan. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- ^ Khan, Iftikhar A. (14 May 2024). "Ruling coalition loses two-thirds majority in NA". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 14 May 2024.