Begum Ishrat Ashraf is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the

National Assembly of Pakistan The National Assembly of Pakistan, also referred to as ''Aiwān-ē-Zairīñ'', is the lower house of the bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Pakistan, with the upper house being the Senate of Pakistan, Senate. As of 2023, the National Assem ...

between 1985 and 2013.

Family

Ashraf is married to

Chaudhry Jaffar Iqbal Gujjar Chaudhry Jaffar Iqbal Gujjar (Punjabi, ) is a Pakistani politician who was a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from 1988 to 1993 and a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 1993 to 1999. He served as deputy speaker of th ...

and has a daughter

Zaib Jaffar Zeb Jaffar (Punjabi, ) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till August 2023. Previously she was a member of the National Assembly from June 2013 to May 2018. Early life and educat ...

and a son

Chaudhry Muhammad Omar Jaffar Chaudhry Muhammad Omar Jaffar is a Pakistani politician who was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, from May 2013 to May 2018. Early life and education He was born on 13 August 1982 in Rahim Yar Khan to a landlord family. His fath ...

. She is the sister of

Zaka Ashraf Chaudhry Muhammad Zaka Ashraf ( Punjabi, ; born 9 September 1952) is a Pakistani executive administrator who has served as the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board in three different tenures. Early life and education Born into a Gujjar famil ...

Political career

She was elected to the

on a seat reserved for women from

Punjab Punjab (; ; also romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb) is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia. It is located in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of modern-day eastern Pakistan and no ...

in the

1985 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 25 February 1985 to elect members of the National Assembly.Paki ...

. She was re-elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of

Pakistan Muslim League (N) The Pakistan Muslim League (N) or (PML(N)) is a Centre-right politics, centre-right, Conservatism in Pakistan, conservative political party in Pakistan. It is currently the third-largest party in the Senate of Pakistan, Senate and the larges ...

(PML-N) on a seat reserved for women from

in the

2002 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 10 October 2002 to elect the 12th National Assembly and four Provincial Assemblies. The elections were held under the military government of Pervez Musharraf. The two mainstream parties, Pakistan ...

. In February 2006, she was elected president of PML-N women wing. In June 2006, she became a member of the National Public Safety Commission. In 2011, she was named among the MPs who had foreign accounts and assets outside Pakistan. She was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N on a seat reserved for women from Punjab in the

2008 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 18 February 2008 to elect members of the 13th National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies. On 3 November 2007 President Pervez Musharraf enacted a state of emergency; elections were initia ...

. She was elected to the

Provincial Assembly of the Punjab The Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, also known as the Punjab Assembly, is the supreme legislative body of Punjab, a province of Pakistan. It convenes at the Assembly Building in Lahore, the capital of Punjab. It is a unicameral legislature o ...

as a candidate of PML-N on a reserved seat for women in the

2018 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 25 July 2018 to elect the members of the 15th National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies. The three major parties were Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), led by Imran Khan, the Pakistan Muslim ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ashraf, Begum Ishrat Living people Punjabi women Pakistani MNAs 1985–1988 Pakistan Muslim League (N) MNAs Pakistani MNAs 2002–2007 Women members of the National Assembly of Pakistan Pakistani MNAs 2008–2013 Punjab MPAs 2018–2023 Pakistan Muslim League (N) MPAs (Punjab) Women members of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Pakistani women politicians People from Rahim Yar Khan District Punjab MPAs 2024–2029 Muslim Gujjars