Naeema Kishwar Khan

Pakistani politician

ConstituencyReserved seat for women

Naeema Kishwar Khan

Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office 1 June 2013 – 31 May 2018
Constituency	Reserved seat for women
Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
In office 2010–2013

Personal details
Party	Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)

Naeema Kishwar Khan (Urdu: نعیمہ کشور خان) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from June 2013 to May 2018.

She has a degree in Islamic law.^[1]

Political career

She was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) on a reserved seat for women in 2010.^[2]

She was re-elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) on a reserved seat for women from Khyber Paktunkhwa in the 2013 Pakistani general election.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

PILDAT gave her the title of "MNA of the Year" due to her best performance in 14th National Assembly during the third parliamentary year.^[7]

On 13 May 2024, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) suspended the membership of Khan as a member of the National Assembly.^[8] This action followed a Supreme Court of Pakistan decision to suspend the verdict of the Peshawar High Court, which had denied the allocation of a reserved seat to the PTI-Sunni Ittehad Council bloc.^[9]

References

↑ Shah, Sadia Qasim (18 May 2013). "New KP Assembly to have some experienced women". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 10 April 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
↑ "Court directs EC to allocate provincial seat to JUI-F". DAWN.COM. 28 October 2010. Archived from the original on 10 April 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
↑ "'Long shot' law seeks proportional representation for women in NA". DAWN.COM. 20 April 2016. Archived from the original on 8 March 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
↑ "Imran, Faryal, Hamza performed badly on MNAs' scorecard". DAWN.COM. 20 October 2016. Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
↑ "PML-N secures most reserved seats for women in NA - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 28 May 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
↑ "Women, minority seats allotted". DAWN.COM. 29 May 2013. Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
↑ "PILDAT declares Naeema Kishwar MNA of year". pakobserver.net.
↑ "Notification dated 13 May 2024" (PDF). ecp.gov.pk. Election Commission of Pakistan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
↑ Khan, Iftikhar A. (14 May 2024). "Ruling coalition loses two-thirds majority in NA". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 14 May 2024.

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