Ayesha Raza Farooq

Ayesha Raza Farooq (Urdu: عائشہ رضا فاروق) is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the Senate of Pakistan since March 2015. Previously she had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2013 to 2015.

Ayesha Raza Farooq
Senator
عائشہ رضا فاروق
Member of the Senate of Pakistan
In office
March 2015 – March 2021
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
1 June 2013 – March 2015
Personal details
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPakistan Muslim League (N)
SpouseRaza Farooq Ramday[1][2]
Alma materLahore University of Management Sciences (MBA)
Punjab University Law College (L.L.B)
University of Punjab

Early life and education

Ayesha Raza Farooq is a member of Ramday Arain family.[3] Her husband, Raza Farooq Ramday, served as the Advocate General of Punjab from June 2009 to August 2009.[1][4] He died in 2010 due to cardiac arrest.[5] His brother-in-law, Muhammad Aurangzeb, is the current finance minister of Pakistan.[3]

She earned master of business administration from Lahore University of Management Sciences in 1995 and a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Punjab in 2013.[6]

Political career

She was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) on reserved seats for women from Punjab in 2013 Pakistani general election.[6][7][8] In November 2013, she was appointed as Prime Minister's focal person on polio eradication.[9] She resigned from National Assembly in March 2015.[10][11]

She was elected to the Senate of Pakistan on reserved seat for women as a candidate of PML-N in 2015 Pakistani Senate election.[12][13][14][15]

In March 2018, she received Sitara-i-Imtiaz from the Government of Pakistan for her role in polio eradication.[16]

References
  1. Saeed, Tariq (November 24, 2018). "Library awaits books, furniture, power connection". DAWN.COM.
  2. "National Assembly of Pakistan". na.gov.pk.
  3. "Former AG Chaudhry Farooq dies". DAWN.COM. December 9, 2001.
  4. "Former Advocates General | Advocate General".
  5. "Ex-AG Punjab dies due to cardiac arrest". The Nation. May 15, 2010.
  6. "Prominent female senators". The Nation. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  7. "Kiran Dar to get PML-N ticket for NA reserved seat". DAWN.COM. 31 March 2015. Archived from the original on 10 April 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  8. "Women, minority seats allotted". DAWN.COM. 29 May 2013. Archived from the original on 8 March 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  9. Junaidi, Ikram (30 November 2013). "MNA made focal person on polio". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  10. "Kiran Imran declared returned candidate against NA seat". brecorder. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  11. Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (31 March 2015). "Kiran Dar to get PML-N ticket for NA reserved seat". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  12. "Closer, messier Senate emerges after polls". DAWN.COM. 6 March 2015. Archived from the original on 9 April 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  13. "46 Senators-elect take oath - Samaa TV". www.samaa.tv. Archived from the original on 24 August 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  14. "Senate Elections 2015: PML-N, PPP almost get equal representation in upper house | Pakistan | Dunya News". dunyanews.tv. Archived from the original on 16 September 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  15. "Senate Election: Unofficial Results". www.thenews.com.pk. Archived from the original on 24 August 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  16. "Ayesha Raza Farooq dedicates her Sitara-e-Imtiaz to heroic efforts of polio teams - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.


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