Senator
Rukhsana Zuberi
Member of the Senate of Pakistan
Assumed office
12 March 2018
In office
March 2003 – February 2009
Personal details
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPakistan Peoples Party

Rukhsana Zuberi is a Pakistani politician who has been a Member of the Senate of Pakistan, since March 2018. Previously she had been a member of the Senate from 2003 to 2009 and briefly served as a member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh in 1977.

Political career

Zuberi was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh on a reserved seat for women in 1977 general election where she remained from 30 March 1977 to 5 June 1977.[1]

Zuberi was elected to the Senate of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on reserved seat for women from Sindh in 2003 Senate election.[2][3] She retired as senator after the completion of her six-year term in 2009.[4]

Zuberi was re-elected to the Senate as a candidate of PPP on technocrat seat from Sindh in 2018 Pakistani Senate election.[5][6] She took oath as Senator on 12 March 2018.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "1977 assembly members" (PDF). Sindh Assembly. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "EC notifies names of successful senators". DAWN.COM. 4 March 2003. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  3. ↑ Asghar, Raja (25 February 2003). "PML-Q, allies close to Senate majority: Clear picture after Thursday round". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  4. ↑ Khan, Iftikhar A. (25 January 2009). "Senate chairman, two ministers among 50 set to retire". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "LIVE: PML-N-backed independent candidates lead in Punjab, PPP in Sindh - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 3 March 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  6. ↑ Khan, Iftikhar A. (4 March 2018). "PML-N gains Senate control amid surprise PPP showing". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "Senate elect opposition-backed Sanjrani chairman and Mandviwala his deputy". The News. 12 March 2018. Archived from the original on 12 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.