Kalsoom Parveen ur, (1945 – December 2020) was a Pakistani politician who served as a member of the

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from March 2003 until her death on 21 December 2020.

Education

She did Bachelor of Education from the Balochistan University in 1994. She held the Master of Philosophy degree in History.

Political career

She was elected to the

Senate of Pakistan Senate of Pakistan or Aiwān-e-Bālā Pākistān ( ur, , , literally "Pakistan upper house"), is the upper legislative chamber of the bicameral legislature of Pakistan, and together with the National Assembly makes up the Parliament of Pakista ...

on a reserved seat for women as a candidate of

Pakistan Muslim League (Q) The Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid e Azam Group) ur, ; ''Pākistān Muslim Līg (Qāf)'', Acronyms: PML(Q), PML-Q, PMLQ, "Q League") is a Conservative nationalist political party in Pakistan. As of the 2018 parliamentary election, it has a re ...

(PML-Q) in the 2003 Senate election. She ran for the seat of Senate in 2009 Pakistani Senate election as an independent candidate after she was not given ticket by PML (Q) and was successfully re-elected. She later joined

Balochistan National Party Awami Balochistan National Party (Awami) is a minor political party in Balochistan, Pakistan with regionalist orientation. Israr Ullah Zehri Israr Ullah Khan Zehri ( ur, مير اسراراللہ زہری; born December 15, 1965) is a Pakistani polit ...

(BNPA). In January 2015, she quit BNPA to join the

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) and also resigned from her seat in the Senate. She was re-elected to the

on a reserved seat for women as a candidate of PML-N in 2015 Pakistani Senate election. She also served as president of the Chess Federation of Pakistan.

Death

Perveen died of

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during the

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in a hospital in

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on 21 December 2020.

References

Politicians from Balochistan, Pakistan Pakistani senators (14th Parliament) 2020 deaths Year of birth unknown Women members of the Senate of Pakistan Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Islamabad University of Balochistan alumni 21st-century Pakistani women politicians {{Pakistan-senator-stub