Yasmin Rashid ( : born 21 September 1950) is a Pakistani politician and social activist who was the Provincial Minister of Punjab for Primary & Secondary Healthcare and Specialised Healthcare & Medical Education, in office from August 2018 till April 2022 and then again from July 2022 till January 2023. She had 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 ...

, from August 2018 till January 2023.

Early life and education

She was born on 21 September 1950 in

Chakwal Chakwal ( Punjabi and ur, ) is a city in Rawalpindi Division, Punjab province, Pakistan. It is the 66th largest city of Pakistan by population. Chakwal is located 90 kilometres south-west of the federal capital, Islamabad and 270 kilomet ...

Punjab, Pakistan Punjab (; , ) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in central-eastern region of the country, Punjab is the second-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the largest province by population. It shares land borders with the ...

. She completed her early education in Neela village in Chakwal district before moving to Lahore where she was educated at the Convent of Jesus and Mary. She married in 1972. In 1978, she did her MBBS from the

Fatima Jinnah Medical University Fatima Jinnah Medical University ( ur, ), previously known as Balak Ram Medical College, is a public medical university located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Fatima Jinnah Medical University with its associated teaching hospital Sir Ganga Ram ...

in Lahore. In 1984, she moved to the United Kingdom and enrolled in the

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) is a professional association based in London, United Kingdom. Its members, including people with and without medical degrees, work in the field of obstetrics and gynaecology, that is ...

from where she received a MRCOG degree in 1989 and a FRCOG degree in 1999. She then received a degree in FCPS from Karachi's

College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan The College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan ( ur, , abbreviated as CPSP) is a regulatory college established in 1962 by a special act of the Parliament of Pakistan to oversee the postgraduate medical education and professional development. ...

Professional career

She served as the President of the Pakistan Medical Association Lahore from 1998 to 2000. She served as president of Pakistan Medical Association Punjab from 2008 to 2010 and has been the chairperson of the Task Force Women Development, and chairperson of the Women Health Committee in Punjab. She is a gynaecologist by profession and had served as the head of the obstetrics and gynaecology department at

King Edward Medical University King Edward Medical University (KEMU) () is a public medical university located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Founded in 1860, the university is named after King Edward VII. Established by the British Raj, named as Lahore Medical School. In 1868 ...

. She also worked in

Rawalpindi Medical University Rawalpindi Medical University () is a public university located in Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan. It is affiliated with three public sector teaching hospitals (Holy Family Hospital, Benazir Bhutto Hospital & DHQ Hospital- Rawalpindi) for undergr ...

and headed the Genealogy department of Central Park Medical College.

Political career

Rashid retired from government service in 2010 and joined

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 ...

(PTI) on the advice of her father-in-law. She ran for the seat of the

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as a candidate of PTI from NA-120 (Lahore-III) but was unsuccessful and secured 52,354 votes against then President of

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 ...

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who won with 91,683 votes. In July 2017, after Nawaz Sharif was disqualified by the

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as a Member of the National Assembly following the

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verdict, NA-120 (Lahore-III) seat fell vacant and by-polls were called in the constituency. PTI nominated Rashid to run for the seat of the National Assembly as its candidate in the by-polls held in September 2017. However she lost the polls to

Kulsoom Nawaz Sharif Begum Kulsoom Nawaz Sharif (Punjabi, ur, ; 29 March 1948– 11 September 2018) was a Pakistani politician who had been the first lady of Pakistan for three non-consecutive terms; from 1990 to 1993, 1997 to 1999 and then from 2013 to 2017. Sh ...

by a margin of 14,646 votes. During the 2018 elections, she again contested from the same constituency, which had now been delimited

NA-125 (Lahore-III) NA-130 Lahore-XIV () is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. Members of Parliament 2002-2018: NA-120 Lahore-III 2018-2022: NA-125 Lahore-III Election 2002 General Elections were held on 10 October 2002. Muhammed Pervaiz Mal ...

. She managed to secure 105,857 votes but was ultimately unsuccessful against PML-N's

Waheed Alam Khan Waheed Alam Khan (; born 1 April 1949) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, from August 2018 till August 2023. Previously he was a member of the National Assembly from June 2013 to May 2018. Early ...

, who got 122,327 votes. She was later elected to the

as a candidate of PTI on a reserved seat for women. On 27 August 2018, she was inducted into the provincial Punjab cabinet of Chief Minister

Sardar Usman Buzdar Sardar Usman Ahmad Khan Buzdar ( ur, ; born 1 May 1969) is a Pakistani politician and previously served as Chief Minister of Punjab, Pakistan, Chief Minister of The Punjab from 20 August 2018 to 30 April 2022. He has been a member of the Provi ...

and was appointed as Provincial Minister of Punjab for Primary and Secondary Healthcare, with the additional ministerial portfolio of specialised healthcare and medical education. She is running for a seat in the Provincial Assembly from PP-173 Lahore-XXX as a candidate of the PTI in the

2023 Punjab provincial election Provincial elections are scheduled to be held in Punjab within 90 days after the early dissolution of the Provincial Assembly, which is set to dissolve by or before 14 January 2023. This means that the election must be held no later than 14 April ...

. On 12th May 2023, Dr Yasmin Rashid arrested. The court has declared her case null and void still Dr Yasmin has been detained for over 5 months.

Family

She is married to Rashid Nabi Malik. Her husband belongs to a prominent political family. He is the son of the former Punjab Minister of Education Malik Ghulam Nabi. Her brother-in-law, Shahid Nabi Malik, remained affiliated with the

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 ...

and was their candidate in the general elections in 1990 and 1993.

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