Rukhsana Zuberi is a Pakistani politician who has been a Member of 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 ...

, since March 2018. Previously she had been a member of the Senate from 2003 to 2009 and briefly served as 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 ...

in 1977.

Political career

Zuberi was elected to the

on a reserved seat for women in 1977 general election where she remained from 30 March 1977 to 5 June 1977. Zuberi was elected to the

as a candidate of

Pakistan Peoples Party The Pakistan People's Party ( ur, , ; PPP) is a centre-left, social-democratic political party in Pakistan. It is currently the third largest party in the National Assembly and second largest in the Senate of Pakistan. The party was founded ...

(PPP) on reserved seat for women from Sindh in 2003 Senate election. She retired as senator after the completion of her six-year term in 2009. Zuberi was re-elected to the Senate as a candidate of PPP on technocrat seat from Sindh 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 ...

. She took oath as Senator on 12 March 2018.

References

Living people Pakistan People's Party politicians 20th-century Pakistani women politicians Members of the Senate of Pakistan Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Pakistani women politicians {{Pakistan-senator-stub