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Farzana Raja

Farzana Raja

Pakistani politician

Farzana Raja is a Pakistani politician who served as chair of the Benazir Income Support Programme and has been a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan.

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Early life and education

She was born on 2 January 1965.[1][2] She received her early education from Government High School in Chaklala, Rawalpindi and completed her college education from Viqar-u-Nisa College in Rawalpindi before obtaining a bachelor's degree from Punjab University in 1989.[1][2]

Political career

She was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party on a reserved seat for women in 2002 Pakistani general election.[1][2]

She was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party on a reserved seat for women from Punjab in 2008 Pakistani general election.[1][3]

She became chairwoman of the Benazir Income Support Programme in 2008.[4][5]

In 2012, she was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani without portfolio[6] and was give the status of a federal minister.[1] She was retained in the federal cabinet of incoming Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf.[1][7]

References

  1. [1]
    "Farzana Raja". DAWN.COM. 23 April 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  2. [2]
    "Profile". www.pap.gov.pk. Punjab Assembly. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
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    Khan, Iftikhar A. (7 March 2008). "Three major parties short of two-thirds majority". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
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    "BISP embezzlement case: NAB summons PPP's Farzana Raja". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
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    "BISP embezzlement case: NAB summons PPP's Farzana Raja". The Nation. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
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    Raza, Syed Irfan (17 April 2012). "Four new ministers of state sworn in". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
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    "Raja Pervaiz Ashraf elected prime minister, new cabinet sworn in". DAWN.COM. 22 June 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2017.

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