Aasiya Nasir ( ur, ) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the

National Assembly of Pakistan The National Assembly ( ur, , translit=Aiwān-e-Zairīñ, , or ur, قومی اسمبلی, Romanization, romanized: ''Qaumi Assembly'') is the lower house, lower legislative house of the bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Pakistan, which al ...

, from 2002 to May 2018.

Early life and education

She was born on 15 July 1971 in Quetta, Pakistan. She has done Masters in English Literature from Government Girls College, Quetta. She also received Certificate in Teachers Training from the

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Political career

Aasiya was elected to the

on a reserved seat for minorities as a candidate of

Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal The Muttahida Majlis–e–Amal (MMA; Urdu: , "United Council of Action") is a political alliance consisting of conservative, Islamist, religious, and far-right parties of Pakistan. Naeem Siddiqui (the founder of Tehreek e Islami) proposed suc ...

in 2002 Pakistani general election. She was re-elected to the National Assembly on a seat reserved for women from

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as a candidate of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal in the

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. She was re-elected to the

as a candidate of

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Pakistan (Fazl) also Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) or simply as Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Urdu: ; ; JUI-F) is a Deobandi Sunni political party in Pakistan. Established as the ''Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam'' in 1945, it is the result o ...

on a seat reserved for minority in the

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. In June 2014, Aasiya raised the issue why non-Muslims cannot be elected as Prime Minister or President of the country. She also opposed the ban on consumption of alcohol by the non-Muslim community in Pakistan.

References

Living people 1971 births Politicians from Quetta Pakistani MNAs 2013–2018 Pakistani Christians Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) politicians Pakistani MNAs 2002–2007 Pakistani MNAs 2008–2013 Women members of the National Assembly of Pakistan 21st-century Pakistani women politicians {{Pakistan-MNA-stub