Seemi Aizdi is a Pakistani politician who was the member of the

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from December 2018 to March 2024.

Early life

She was born in

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, which at the time was part of

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, but is now situated in

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Political career

In May 2018, she paid Rs.100,000 to

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is a political party in Pakistan established in 1996 by cricketer and politician Imran Khan, who served as the country's prime minister from 2018 to 2022. The party is led by Gohar Ali Khan since late 2023. ...

(PTI) as an application fee for a ticket to contest the

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from one of the

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constituencies of

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(ICT). However, she was not allotted a ticket for any of the three ICT constituencies. Rather, she was accommodated in upcoming by-elections for the Senate of Pakistan and was elected senator from Punjab province on a reserved seat for women representing PTI. The election was held on 15 November 2018 between her and Saira Afzal Tarar of

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. PTI was criticized for promoting

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for her being sister of then PTI stalwart Jahangir Tareen. She served as a senator from December 2018 to March 2024. While serving as a senator, she chaired the committee on

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. In this role, she advocated for making the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor more environmentally sustainable. In March 2022, while her brother Jahangir Tareen was backing a no-confidence motion against Imran Khan, she publicly expressed her support for Khan. She was among the PTI senators who proposed a resolution denouncing the May 9 riots and advocating for severe measures against those responsible for the violent acts on that day.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Aizdi, Seemi Living people Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf politicians Politicians from Punjab, Pakistan Members of the Senate of Pakistan 1950 births