Rana Ansar is a Pakistani politician who had been the Leader of the Opposition in Sindh from July 2023 to August 2023 and a member of the

Provincial Assembly of Sindh The Provincial Assembly of Sindh ( ur, ) is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistani province of Sindh, and is located in Karachi, the provincial capital. It was established under Article 106 of the Constitution of ...

from August 2018 to August 2023 and from June 2013 to May 2018.

Early life and education

She was born on 17 August 1966 in

Hyderabad, Pakistan Hyderabad (Sindhi language, Sindhi and ur, ; ) is a city and the capital of Hyderabad Division in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is the List of cities in Sindh by population, second-largest city in Sindh, and the eighth largest in Pakista ...

. She has earned the degree of Master of Arts in Islamic Culture from the

University of Sindh The University of Sindh ( ur, ; sd, سنڌ يونيورسٽي; informally known as Sindh University) is a public research university in Pakistan located in the city of Jamshoro. It is one of the oldest universities in Pakistan and was certifi ...

Political career

She was elected to the

as a candidate of

Muttahida Qaumi Movement Muttahida Qaumi Movement (abbreviated MQM) is a name currently claimed by two competing Pakistani political factions: * Muttahida Qaumi Movement – London, a political faction managed from the UK * Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan Muttah ...

(MQM) on a reserved seat for women in

2013 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on Saturday 11 May 2013 to elect the members of the 14th National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies. The three major parties were the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) led by Nawaz Sharif, t ...

. She was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of MQM-P 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 ...

. On 13 July 2023, she was nominated as the Leader of the Opposition in the Provincial Assembly of Sindh by her party.

References

Living people Sindh MPAs 2013–2018 1966 births Muttahida Qaumi Movement MPAs (Sindh) Pakistani MNAs 2024–2029 {{Sindh-MPA-stub