Tahira Asif ( ur, ; 1961 – 19 June 2014) was a Pakistani politician who had 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 June 2013 until her assassination in June 2014.
Early life
She was born in 1961 in Lahore, Pakistan.
Political career
Asif was elected to the
National Assembly of Pakistan
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on a reserved seat for women from Punjab as a candidate of
Pakistan Muslim League (Q)
The Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid e Azam Group) ur, ; ''Pākistān Muslim Līg (Qāf)'', Acronyms: PML(Q), PML-Q, PMLQ, "Q League") is a Conservative nationalist political party in Pakistan. As of the 2018 parliamentary election, it has a re ...
(PML (Q)) in
2002 Pakistani general election.
She left PML (Q) to join
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) in 2007 and resigned from her National Assembly seat.
She ran for the seat of the National Assembly from NA-126 Lahore constituency in
2008 Pakistani general election
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but was unsuccessful and secured only 517 votes.
She again ran for the seat of the National Assembly as a candidate of MQM from NA-126 Lahore constituency 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 ...
but was unsuccessful and secured only 422 votes.
However following the general election, she was indirectly elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of MQM on a reserved seat for women from Sindh,
where she continued to serve till her death in June 2014.
Death
Asif was assassinated on 18 June 2014 by two armed men (target killing), while she was traveling with her daughter and driver in Lahore. She was admitted to
Shaikh Zayed Hospital where she died on 19 June 2014.
MQM announced three days of mourning. National Assembly paid her tribute and demanded inquiry into her killing.
, leader of MQM said that her murder was a target killing from religious extremists as she had not been provided adequate security.
See also
*
Farida Siddiqui
References
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1961 births
2014 deaths
Politicians from Lahore
Muttahida Qaumi Movement politicians
Pakistani MNAs 2013–2018
Pakistani MNAs 2002–2007
Women members of the National Assembly of Pakistan
Assassinated Pakistani politicians
21st-century Pakistani women politicians
Asian politicians assassinated in the 2010s
Politicians assassinated in 2014