Nuzhat Sadiq

Senator Nuzhat Sadiq
Pakistan Senator from Punjab
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 March 2012
Constituency	Reserved seat for women
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office 17 March 2008 – 11 March 2012
Constituency	Reserved seat for women
Personal details
Nationality	Pakistani American (until 2012)[1]

Nuzhat Amir Sadiq (Urdu: نزہت عامر صادق) is a Pakistani politician who has been a Member of the Senate of Pakistan, since March 2012. Previously, she has been a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2012.

Education

Sadiq received a Bachelor of the Arts degree from Cantonment College for Women in Peshawar in 1975.[2]

Political career

Sadiq was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) on reserved seat for women in 2008 Pakistani general election.[3] She remained the richest woman Member of the National Assembly from 2007 to 2009.[4]

She was elected to the Senate of Pakistan as a candidate of PML-N on a reserved seat for women in 2012 Pakistani Senate election.[5][6][7][8]

She resigned from her National Assembly seat on 11 March 2012.[9]

She was nominated by PML-N as its candidate in 2018 Pakistani Senate election.[10] However the Election Commission of Pakistan declared all PML-N candidates for the Senate election as independent after a ruling of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.[11]

She was re-elected to the Senate as an independent candidate on a reserved seat for women from Punjab in the 2018 Senate election.[12][13] She joined the treasury benches, led by PML-N after getting elected.[14]

References

1. "Surrender foreign nationality permanently: SC directs three new senators to submit affidavits". brecorder. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
2. "Senate of Pakistan". www.senate.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 24 August 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
3. "Four PML-N ladies found involved". The Nation. Archived from the original on 24 August 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
4. Khan, Iftikhar A. (15 September 2010). "Value of MNAs' assets increased three-fold in six years: Pildat". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 7 April 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
5. Newspaper, the (16 February 2012). "12 elected unopposed to Senate from Punjab". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 24 August 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
6. "Senate elections: Seven out of 54 elected unopposed - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 1 March 2012. Archived from the original on 24 August 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
7. "PPP contacts N for unopposed Senate slots election". The Nation. Archived from the original on 28 January 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
8. "Senate elections: Despite drama, upset, PPP comes out on top - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 3 March 2012. Archived from the original on 12 July 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
9. "Speaker accepts resignation of Nuzhat Sadiq". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
10. "PML-N, PPP shortlist candidates for Senate elections". Pakistan Today. 7 February 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
11. "PML-N's Senate nominees to contest election as independent candidates, says ECP". DAWN.COM. 22 February 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
12. "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.
13. Khan, Iftikhar A. (4 March 2018). "PML-N gains Senate control amid surprise PPP showing". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
14. Guramani, Nadir (22 March 2018). "15 independent senators backed by PML-N in Senate polls join treasury". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 22 March 2018.