Bilqees Mukhtar is a Pakistani politician who had been a Member of the

Provincial Assembly of Sindh The Provincial Assembly of Sindh ( ur, ) is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistani province of Sindh, and is located in Karachi, the provincial capital. It was established under Article 106 of the Constitution of ...

, from 2002 to May 2018.

Early life and education

She was born on 23 May 1969 in Karachi. She earned the degree of Bachelor of Arts from Abdullah Government College for Women.

Political career

She was elected to the

as a candidate of

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) from Constituency PS-101 (Karachi-XIII) in 2002 Pakistani general election. She received 21,480 votes and defeated a candidate of

Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal The Muttahida Majlis–e–Amal (MMA; Urdu: , "United Council of Action") is a political alliance consisting of conservative, Islamist, religious, and far-right parties of Pakistan. Naeem Siddiqui (the founder of Tehreek e Islami) proposed suc ...

. She was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of MQM 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 ...

. She was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of MQM 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 ...

References

Living people Sindh MPAs 2013–2018 1969 births Muttahida Qaumi Movement politicians Sindh MPAs 2002–2007 Sindh MPAs 2008–2013 {{Sindh-MPA-stub