Kashmala Tariq

Kashmala Tariq
Federal Ombudsperson for Protection against Harassment of Women at the Workplaces
In office 27 February 2018 – 27 February 2022
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office 17 March 2008 – 16 March 2013
Constituency	Reserved seat for women
In office 16 November 2002 – 15 November 2007
Constituency	Reserved seat for women
Personal details
Born	Lahore
Nationality	Pakistani
Political party	Pakistan Muslim League (Q)
Spouse	Waqas Khan

Kashmala Tariq (Urdu: کشمالہ طارق) is a Pakistani politician who was the Federal Ombudsperson for Protection against Harassment of Women at the Workplaces, in office from February 2018 to March 2022. Previously, she was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2002 to 2013.

Early life and education

Kashmala Tariq has completed her Bachelors in Law (LLB) from Punjab University Law College (PULC).

Tariq also holds a Master of Laws from the London School of Economics and Political Science.[1]

She is a lawyer by profession[2] and married Waqas Khan in 2020.

Political career

Tariq was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q) on a seat reserved for women from Punjab in the 2002 Pakistani general election.[3][4] During her tenure as Member of the National Assembly, she remained one of the vocal woman legislators.[5]

In 2007, she was elected as the Chairperson of the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians Committee.[6]

She was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-Q on a seat reserved for women from Punjab in the 2008 Pakistani general election.[2][7][8]

In February 2018, Tariq was appointed as the Federal Ombudsperson for Protection against Harassment of Women at the Workplaces for a period of four years.[5][9]

In March 2018, her staff beat up and held journalists from Waqt News against their will. She accused the journalists of recording an off-the-record conversation, after which she ordered her staff to forcibly take the journalist’s equipment and delete the recorded discussion.[10][11]

References

1. Correspondent, Abdullah Iqbal (1 September 2004). "Sweeping changes in cabinet likely as reward to Shujaat". GulfNews. Retrieved 12 December 2017. {{cite news}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
2. Reporter, Ashfaq Ahmed, Chief (28 August 2008). "Pakistani women members open up to House truths". GulfNews. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
3. "Parties' likely share in seats for women, minorities". DAWN.COM. 16 October 2002. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
4. "Women who made it to National Assembly". DAWN.COM. 1 November 2002. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
5. Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (21 February 2018). "Kashmala named ombudsperson on women's harassment". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
6. Naqvi, Jawed (25 September 2007). "Kashmala to head C'wealth group: Women parliamentarians". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
7. Khan, Iftikhar A. (7 March 2008). "Three major parties short of two-thirds majority". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
8. Wasim, Amir (16 March 2008). "60pc new faces to enter NA". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
9. "Kashmala takes oath as Federal Ombudsperson". www.radio.gov.pk. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
10. Karar, Shakeel (8 March 2018). "Kashmala harasses journalists: Women parliamentarians". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
11. "Leaked video of Kashmala Tariq harassing journalists in her office, ordering them to be "locked up" and "arrested"". Daily Pakistan Global. Retrieved 2018-03-11.