Sania Ashiq Jabeen is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the

Provincial Assembly of the Punjab The Provincial Assembly of the Punjab is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistani provinces, Pakistani province of Punjab (Pakistan), Punjab, which is located in Lahore, the provincial capital. It was established under ...

since 23 February 2024.

Early life and education

She was born on 15 February 1993 in Lahore. She has received a degree of Pharmacy-D (Doctor of Pharmacy) from the University of Punjab.

Political career

Ashiq was a significant member of the

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI; ur, , ) is a political party in Pakistan. It was founded in 1996 by Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, who served as the country's prime minister from 2018 to 2022. The PTI is one of the thre ...

's social media team. However, she later resigned from the party and joined 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), where she also oversaw the party's social media affairs. She was elected to the

as a candidate of PML-N 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 ...

. At the age of 25, she became the youngest member of the Punjab Assembly to be elected in 2018 general election. She was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N on a reserved seat for women in

2024 Pakistani general election General elections are scheduled to be held in Pakistan on 8 February 2024 to elect the members of the 16th National Assembly. The detailed schedule was announced by Election Commission of Pakistan on 15 December 2023. The two major parties ar ...

Fake video scam

In October 2021, Ashiq filed a complaint with the FIA cybercrime cell, alleging that unidentified individuals had launched a defamation campaign against her on TikTok. In November 2021, a man in Taxila was arrested by the FIA for allegedly sharing a fake video of Ashiq on social media. The video allegedly depicting the former governor of Sindh Muhammad Zubair Umar engaging in sexual activities with an unidentified woman has circulated widely on the internet.

References

Living people Pakistan Muslim League (N) MPAs (Punjab) Punjab MPAs 2018–2023 Women members of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab 21st-century Pakistani women politicians 1993 births Punjab MPAs 2024–2029 {{PunjabPK-MPA-stub