Zeb Jaffar (

Punjabi Punjabi, or Panjabi, most often refers to: * Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pakistan * Punjabi language * Punjabi people * Punjabi dialects and languages Punjabi may also refer to: * Punjabi (horse), a British Th ...

, ) is 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 August 2018 till August 2023. Previously she was a member of the National Assembly from June 2013 to May 2018.

Early life and education

She was born in Hyderabad, Pakistan to Begum Ishrat Ashraf and Chaudhry Jaffar Iqbal. She received her early education at the

Convent of Jesus and Mary, Murree The Convent of Jesus Mary, Murree is a girls school located in Murree, Punjab, Pakistan. It was founded in 1876, by a French woman named Claudine Thévenet, foundress of the Religious of Jesus Mary, whose sole purpose for the school was to train ...

before graduating from Kinnaird College, Lahore in 2001. She received her M.A.

degree Degree may refer to: As a unit of measurement * Degree (angle), a unit of angle measurement ** Degree of geographical latitude ** Degree of geographical longitude * Degree symbol (°), a notation used in science, engineering, and mathematics ...

in International Relations from Middlesex University, London in 2005.

Political career

She began her political career in 1997 after getting elected as Vice Chairperson, District Council, Rahim Yar Khan. She ran for the seat of the

as a candidate 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 ...

(PML-N) from Constituency NA-193 (Rahim Yar Khan-II) in 2002 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. She received 23,004 votes and lost the seat to Syed Tanveer Hussain Syed, 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). She ran for the seat of the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-193 (Rahim Yar Khan-II) and as an independent candidate from Constituency NA-196 (Rahim Yar Khan-V) 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 ...

but was unsuccessful. She received 24,831 votes from Constituency NA-193 (Rahim Yar Khan-II) and lost the seat to

Mian Abdul Sattar Mian Abdul Sattar is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013. Political career He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-193 (Rahim Yar Khan-II) as a can ...

, and received 363 votes from Constituency NA-196 (Rahim Yar Khan-V) and lost the seat to

Javed Iqbal Warraich Javed Iqbal Warraich () is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till January 2023. Previously he was a member of the National Assembly from 2008 to 2013. Political career He was elect ...

. In the same election, she ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab as an independent candidate from

Constituency PP-293 (Rahimyar Khan-IX) PP-262 Rahim Yar Khan-VIII () is a Constituency of Provincial Assembly of Punjab. General elections 2024 General elections 2018 General elections 2013 General elections 2008 See also * PP-261 Rahim Yar Kha ...

but was unsuccessful. She received 206 votes and lost the seat to Javid Akbar Dhilloon, a candidate of PPP. In the same election, she was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Punjab as a candidate of PML-N on a reserved seats for women. She was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N on a reserved seats for women from Punjab 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 National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N on a seat reserved for women from Punjab in the

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 Pakistan Muslim League (N) MNAs Punjab MPAs 2008–2013 Pakistani MNAs 2013–2018 Punjabi people Punjabi women People from Rahim Yar Khan District Women members of the National Assembly of Pakistan Year of birth missing (living people) Convent of Jesus and Mary, Murree alumni Alumni of Middlesex University Kinnaird College for Women University alumni Pakistani MNAs 2018–2023 21st-century Pakistani women politicians {{PunjabPK-MPA-stub