Begum Ishrat Ashraf is a Pakistani politician who has 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 ...

between 1985 and 2013.

Family

Ashraf is married to Chaudhry Jaffar Iqbal Gujjar and has a daughter

Zaib Jaffar Zeb Jaffar (Punjabi, ) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till August 2023. Previously she was a member of the National Assembly from June 2013 to May 2018. Early life and educat ...

and a son Chaudhry Muhammad Omar Jaffar. She is the sister of

Zaka Ashraf Chaudhry Muhammad Zaka Ashraf ( Punjabi, ur, محمد ذكا اشرف; born 9 September 1952) is a Pakistani executive who was the president of the Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL). He was appointed chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board ...

Political career

She was elected to the

on a seat reserved for women from Punjab in the

1985 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 25 February 1985 to elect members of the National Assembly.Paki ...

. She was re-elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of

Pakistan Muslim League (N) The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) ( ur, , translit=Pākistān Muslim Līg (Nūn) PML(N) or PML-N) is a Centre-right politics, centre-right and Liberal conservatism, liberal conservative political party in Pakistan. Alongside the Pakistan Teh ...

(PML-N) on a seat reserved for women from Punjab in the 2002 Pakistani general election. In February 2006, she was elected president of PML-N women wing. In June 2006, she became a member of the National Public Safety Commission. In 2011, she was named among the MPs who had foreign accounts and assets outside Pakistan. She was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N on a seat reserved for women from Punjab in the

2008 Pakistani general election 8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. In mathematics 8 is: * a composite number, its proper divisors being , , and . It is twice 4 or four times 2. * a power of two, being 2 (two cubed), and is the first number of t ...

. She was elected to the

Provincial Assembly of the Punjab The Provincial Assembly of the Punjab is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistani provinces, Pakistani province of Punjab (Pakistan), Punjab, which is located in Lahore, the provincial capital. It was established under ...

as a candidate of PML-N on a reserved seat for women in

2018 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on Wednesday, 25 July 2018 to elect the members of 15th National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies. The three major parties Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led by Imran Khan, the Pakistan Muslim ...

References

Living people Punjabi women Pakistani MNAs 1985–1988 Pakistan Muslim League (N) MNAs Pakistani MNAs 2002–2007 Women members of the National Assembly of Pakistan Pakistani MNAs 2008–2013 Punjab MPAs 2018–2023 Pakistan Muslim League (N) MPAs (Punjab) Women members of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Pakistani women politicians People from Rahim Yar Khan District Punjab MPAs 2024–2029 {{PunjabPK-MPA-stub