Marvi Memon

Marvi Memon
Chairperson of Benazir Income Support Programme
In office
25 February 2015 – 23 June 2018
PresidentMamnoon Hussain
Prime MinisterNawaz Sharif
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
Preceded byEnver Baig
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
1 June 2013 – 31 May 2018
In office
17 March 2008 – 23 June 2011
ConstituencyReserved seat for women
Personal details
Born (1964-07-21) 21 July 1964 (age 60)[1][2]
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Parent
Alma materLondon School of Economics

Marvi Memon (Sindhi: ماروي ميمڻ; born 21 July 1972) is a Pakistani politician who recently served as Chairperson of the Benazir Income Support Programme, from February 2015 until June 2018. She had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from March 2008 to June 2011 and again from June 2013 to May 2018.

Early life and education

Memon was born in July 1972 in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan[3] to Nisar Memon in a Sindhi Memon family.[1]

Memon studied in Karachi, Kuwait City and Paris,[1][4] She then enrolled in the London School of Economics from where she completed her BSc (Econ.) Honors in International Relations in 1993.[1][5][6]

Professional career

Prior to joining politics, Memon worked as an intern at DAWN, Newsline, Pakistan Institute of International Affairs, International Union for Conservation of Nature and the United States embassy in Islamabad.[4]

After graduating from the London School of Economics, Memon worked as a banker[7] at Citibank where she specialized in Marketing and Quality Management[8] before moving to launch Trakker, Pakistan's largest vehicle tracking service provider which established her as an entrepreneur.[8] Memon joined the Inter-Services Public Relations in 2004 and served in its media monitoring and analysis wing until 2007. She also worked as a media consultant to Board of Investment.[8]

Political career

Memon launched her political career as an advisor within Pakistan's Board of Investment, her primary role being advising the Minister of Strategies on marketing Pakistan's profitable sectors.[9] She joined Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q) in 2007 and was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan in 2008 general election[7] on a reserved seat for women from Punjab.[2]

During her tenure as MNA, she served as a member on the opposition benches, and held various positions including a member of the standing committee of Environment, Information Technology and Kashmir. Her work paid particular focus on rural and urban vulnerabilities faced by women. Some of her key legislative pieces include:

  1. The Acid and Burns Crime Legislation, which also became the subject of Pakistan's first Oscar winning documentary[10]
  2. Legislation to set up the Pakistani Institute of Parliamentary Services, which is Pakistan's first research and training institute for parliamentarians[11]
  3. Procedures and obligations of airlines after air crashes[12]
  4. Supreme Court of Pakistan's Flood Commission Report which is a technical report taking account of climate change, and government obligations pre and post flooding[13]
  5. Rights of rural women faced with honour killings[14]
  6. Worker rights in the agriculture sector[15]

Memon resigned from the National Assembly in 2011[3][16] and left the PML-Q in protest after the party joined the PPP led-coalition government.[17]

In 2012, she launched her memoir, My Parliamentary Diaries, an account of everyday life as a parliamentarian.[18]

Memon joined Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) in 2012,[7] and was elected to the National Assembly on a reserved seat for women from Sindh.[19][20][21] Memon initially served as Prime minister's youth wing coordinator[22] before she was appointed Chairperson of the Standing Committee for Information Broadcasting and Heritage.[23] During her tenure as Chairperson, the Committee passed through various reforms with the objective of maintaining legislative oversight over the Federal Government's information Ministry. In February 2015, she was appointed Chairperson of Benazir Income Support Programme with status of Minister of State.[24][25][26]

In April 2017, she was appointed as the member of the Advisory Council on Gender and Development at World Bank.[7]

She ceased to hold the status of Minister of State when the federal cabinet was disbanded after Nawaz Sharif resigned as Prime Minister.[27] Following the election of Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as the new prime minister in August 2017,[28] she was re-appointed as the Minister of State in the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi[29] and was elevated to federal minister in the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi until the dissolution of the National Assembly on the expiration of its term in May 2018.[30]

In November 2018, Memon founded the Lifelong Learners Consultancy, providing consultancy services on development, national security, women empowerment, medium management and poverty alleviation to organisation, universities, governments and corporates.[31]

Awards and honours

In March 2017, Memon received the Speaker's Democracy Award by the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.[32][33]

In July 2017, she was conferred the French National Order of Merit by the French Ambassador to Pakistan in Islamabad.[34]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Ms. Marvi Memon profile". bisp.gov.pk. Benazir Income Support Programme. Archived from the original on 24 April 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ a b "Marvi Memon". DAWN.COM. 28 April 2013. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Marvi Memon". Daily Times. 29 August 2017. Archived from the original on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Profile. Marvi Memon MNA". pncp.net. Archived from the original on 24 December 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  5. ^ "Marvi Memon". DAWN.COM. 28 April 2013. Archived from the original on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  6. ^ "A glance at Sindh's female election hopefuls". DAWN.COM. 7 May 2013. Archived from the original on 20 November 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  7. ^ a b c d "Marvi Memon appointed to WB Advisory Council on Gender and Development". DAWN.COM. 24 April 2017. Archived from the original on 24 April 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  8. ^ a b c "World Bank Advisory Council on Gender and Development". World Bank. Archived from the original on 15 April 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  9. ^ "Collection of Marvi's parliamentary diaries launched". DAWN.COM. 27 August 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  10. ^ Abbas, Nosheen (29 February 2012). "Pakistan's Oscar triumph for acid attack film Saving Face". Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  11. ^ "Pakistan Institute for Parliamentary Services". www.pips.gov.pk. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  12. ^ Tribune.com.pk (28 July 2013). "Airblue crash anniversary: Could lives have been saved?". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  13. ^ "SC orders implementation of recommendations in Flood Commission report | Pakistan Today". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  14. ^ Wilkinson, Isambard (5 August 2009). "Pakistan to outlaw domestic violence". Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  15. ^ "Marvi writes to PM, CJP on human rights' abuse | Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF)". www.pakistanpressfoundation.org. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  16. ^ "Resignation of Marvi Memon accepted". DAWN.COM. 23 June 2011. Archived from the original on 20 November 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  17. ^ "Voting against the budget: Marvi Memon resigns from NA, PML-Q – The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 23 June 2011. Archived from the original on 28 April 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  18. ^ Newspaper, the (27 August 2011). "Collection of Marvi's parliamentary diaries launched". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 25 April 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  19. ^ "PML-N nominates Marvi Memon for NA reserved seat – The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 26 May 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  20. ^ "PML-N secures most reserved seats for women in NA – The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 28 May 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  21. ^ "Women, minority seats allotted". DAWN.COM. 29 May 2013. Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  22. ^ "Loan scheme launched in Fata". DAWN.COM. 19 January 2014. Archived from the original on 20 November 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  23. ^ "Ms. Marvi Memon MNA | Parliamentarians Network for Conflict Prevention". pncp.info. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  24. ^ "Marvi Memon appointed as BISP chairperson". thenews.com.pk. 25 February 2015. Archived from the original on 20 November 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  25. ^ "Marvi Memon to head BISP". DAWN.COM. 26 February 2015. Archived from the original on 20 November 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  26. ^ "Marvi Memon appointed as BISP chairperson". Dunya News. Archived from the original on 13 September 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  27. ^ "PM Nawaz Sharif steps down; federal cabinet stands dissolved". Daily Pakistan Global. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  28. ^ Chaudhry, Dawn.com, Fahad (1 August 2017). "Shahid Khaqan Abbasi sworn in as prime minister of Pakistan". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  29. ^ Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (27 August 2017). "Status of federal minister conferred on Fazl". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 31 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  30. ^ "Govt expands cabinet months before elections - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 27 April 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  31. ^ "Life Long Learners Consultancy". Life Long Learners Consultancy. Archived from the original on 7 July 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  32. ^ "Speaker's Democracy Award – inaugural winner announced". parliament.uk. 30 March 2017. Archived from the original on 31 March 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  33. ^ "Marvi Memon conferred Speaker's Democracy Award by UK parliament". DAWN.COM. 31 March 2017. Archived from the original on 30 March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  34. ^ "Marvi Memon conferred French National Order of Merit". DAWN.COM. 22 July 2017. Archived from the original on 22 July 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
Political offices
Preceded by Chairperson of Benazir Income Support Programme
2015 		Incumbent