Kalsoom Parveen ur, (1945 – December 2020) was a Pakistani politician who served as a member of the
Senate
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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
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 PML-N in
2015 Pakistani Senate election. She also served as president of the
Chess Federation of Pakistan.
Death
Perveen died of
COVID-19
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during the
COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan
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in a hospital in
Islamabad
Islamabad (; ur, , ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's ninth-most populous city, with a population of over 1.2 million people, and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital T ...
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
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