Nuzhat Amir Sadiq ( ur, ) 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 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 2008 to 2012.

Education

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

Political career

Sadiq was elected to the

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 reserved seat for women in

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 remained the richest woman Member of the National Assembly from 2007 to 2009. 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 Senate elections were held in Pakistan on 2 March 2012. Fifty-four of the 100 seats in the Senate were up for election with the winning candidates serving six-year terms. Results References Sen Sen may refer to: Surname * Sen (surnam ...

. She resigned from her National Assembly seat on 11 March 2012. She was nominated by PML-N as its candidate in

2018 Pakistani Senate election The triennial Senate Elections of Pakistan were held on 3 March 2018 to replace 52 retiring senators - half of the Senate's strength - with the winning candidates serving six-year terms. Overall, Pakistan Muslim League (N) came out as the largest ...

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

References

Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Pakistani senators (14th Parliament) Pakistani MNAs 2008–2013 Pakistan Muslim League (N) MNAs Women members of the Senate of Pakistan Pakistani emigrants to the United States People with acquired American citizenship 21st-century Pakistani women politicians {{Pakistan-senator-stub