Aisha Ghaus Pasha
Pakistani politician
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Aisha Ghaus Pasha (Urdu: عائشہ غوث پاشا; born 3 March 1962) is a Pakistani politician and economist. In April 2022, she was appointed as a State Minister in the newly formed 34-member Cabinet. She is one of the five female members of the new Pakistan Federal Cabinet.[2][3] She had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till August 2023.[4] Previously she was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, from June 2013 to May 2018.
Aisha Ghaus Pasha | |
|---|---|
| Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
| In office 13 August 2018 – 10 August 2023 | |
| Constituency | Reserved seat for women |
| Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab | |
| In office June 2013 – 31 May 2018 | |
| Constituency | Reserved seat for women |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 March 1962 |
| Party | AP (2025-present) |
Other political affiliations |  PMLN (2018-2024) |
| Spouse | Hafeez A. Pasha[1] |
Early life and education
Pasha was born on 3 March 1962 in Lahore.[5] She earned the degrees of Bachelor of Arts (Hons), Master of Arts in Economics and a Masters of Applied Science in Economics from the University of Karachi. Pasha is married to Hafeez Pasha, an economist and former advisor to the Federal Government.[3]
Political career
She was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) on a reserved seat for women in June 2013.[6][7] In May 2015, she was inducted into the provincial cabinet of the Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif and was made Provincial Minister of Punjab for Finance.[8]
She was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PML-N on a reserved seat for women from Punjab in the 2018 Pakistani general election.[9]
