Uzma Zahid Bukhari (; born 18 August 1976) is a Pakistani politician & daughter of Zahid Bukhari who was a prosecutor in Raymond Davis case. She also runs a YouTube channel by the name of Today with with Azma Bokhari. https://youtube.com/@todaywithazmabokhari

Early life and education

She was born on 18 August 1976 in

Faisalabad Faisalabad (; Punjabi/ ur, , ; ), formerly known as Lyallpur ( Punjabi, Urdu: لائل پور), named after the founder of the city, but was renamed in 1977 in honour of late King Faisal of Saudi Arabia. It is the 3rd largest city of Pak ...

to the former Justice of

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Syed Zahid Hussain Bokhari. She received her early education from

Sheikhupura Sheikhupura ( pa, ; ur, ) also known as Qila Sheikhupura, is a city in the Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. Founded by the Mughal Empire, Mughal Emperor Jahangir, Jehangir in 1607, Sheikhupura is the List of most populous citie ...

and earned a Bachelor of Arts from the Punjab University. She earned Bachelor of Laws in 2001 from Pakistan College of Law and is practicing as a lawyer.

Political career

She was elected to the

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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 a reserved seat for women in 2002 Pakistani general election. She was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PPP on a reserved seat for women in

2008 Pakistani general election 8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. In mathematics 8 is: * a composite number, its proper divisors being , , and . It is twice 4 or four times 2. * a power of two, being 2 (two cubed), and is the first number of t ...

. In February 2013, she joined

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). She was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N 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 the Punjab 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 ...

References

Living people 1976 births Pakistani women lawyers Punjab MPAs 2002–2007 Punjab MPAs 2008–2013 Punjab MPAs 2013–2018 Pakistan People's Party MPAs (Punjab) Pakistan Muslim League (N) MPAs (Punjab) Women members of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab People from Faisalabad 21st-century Pakistani women politicians {{PunjabPK-MPA-stub