Kalsoom Parveen (; 1945 – December 2020) was a Pakistani politician who served as a member of the

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from March 2003 until her death on 21 December 2020.

Education

She did Bachelor of Education from the Balochistan University in 1994. She held the Master of Philosophy degree in history.

Political career

She was elected to the

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on a reserved seat for women as a candidate of

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(PML-Q) in the 2003 Senate election. She ran for the seat of Senate in

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as an independent candidate after she was not given ticket by PML (Q) and was successfully re-elected. She later joined

Balochistan National Party Awami Balochistan National Party (Awami) is a minor political party in Balochistan, Pakistan, with regionalist orientation. The party was founded in 1998 after a intra-party dispute within the Balochistan National Party where a group of ministers with ...

(BNPA). In January 2015, she quit BNPA to join the

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(PML-N) and also resigned from her seat in the Senate. She was re-elected to the

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

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. She also served as president of the

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Death

Perveen died of

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during the

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in a hospital in

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on 21 December 2020.

References

Politicians from Balochistan, Pakistan Pakistani senators (14th Parliament) 2020 deaths Women members of the Senate of Pakistan Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Islamabad University of Balochistan alumni 21st-century Pakistani women politicians 1945 births {{Pakistan-senator-stub