Attiya Inayatullah
Pakistani politician
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Attiya Inayatullah is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan between 1985 and 2013.
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Attiya Inayatullah | |
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| Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
| In office 17 March 2008 – 16 March 2013 | |
| Constituency | Reserved seat for women |
| In office 16 November 2002 – 15 November 2007 | |
| Constituency | Reserved seat for women |
| In office 30 November 1988 – 6 August 1990 | |
| Constituency | Reserved seat for women |
| In office 20 March 1985 – 29 May 1988 | |
| Constituency | Reserved seat for women |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Pakistan Muslim League (Q) |
Early life and education
She holds master's degree in Sociology from Boston University and obtained her PhD degree from University of the Punjab.[1]
Political career
Inayatullah served as an adviser on Population Welfare to President of Pakistan Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq in the early 1980s.[2]
She was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan on reserved seat for women from Punjab in the 1985 Pakistani general election[3] and served as a Minister of State for Population Welfare in the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Muhammad Khan Junejo.[2]
She was re-elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan on reserved seat for women from Punjab in the 1988 Pakistani general election.[4]
Following the 1999 Pakistani coup d'état by Pervez Musharraf, she served as a member of the National Security Council of Pakistan.[5]
She was re-elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) on a seat reserved for women from Punjab in the 2002 Pakistani general election.[6][7]
She was re-elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) on a seat reserved for women from Punjab in the 2008 Pakistani general election.[8][9]