Nighat Orakzai

Orakzai was born on 17 July 1962 in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.^[1]

She has a master's degree in Urdu and Islamic Studies^[1] and worked in the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, TCS Courier, and National Bank of Oman.^[1]

She married in 1989.^[1]

Orakzai began her political career in 1993. She joined the Pakistan Muslim League (J) in 1997 as the party's general secretary of women's wing in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.^[1] She joined the Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q) in 2000 and became president of the part's women's wing in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2002.^[1]

Orakzai was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on a reserved seat for women in the 2002 Pakistani general election.^[1][2]

Orakzai was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of PML-Q on a reserved seat for women in the 2008 Pakistani general election.^[1][3][4] During her tenure as Member of^{[clarification needed]} the Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, she remained deputy parliamentary leader of PML-Q.^[5]

She served as information secretary of PML-Q in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa until she resigned in December 2012.^[4] She also quit the PML-Q to join PPP.^[6]

She was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of PPP on a reserved seat for women in the 2013 Pakistani general election.^[7][8][9]

She was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of PPP on a reserved seat for women in the 2018 Pakistani general election.^[10]