Marriyum Aurangzeb ( ur, ) is a Pakistani politician from Pakistan Muslim League (N) who is a member of the

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. She is current federal minister of Information & Broadcasting in

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. Aurangzeb served as the Federal Minister for Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, in

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from April 2018 to May 2018 and previously from October 2016 to July 2017 in the

third Sharif ministry The third Nawaz Sharif ministry was formed at noon PKT on 5 June 2013 when Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif became the prime minister of Pakistan for the third time. Sharif successfully led the right-of-centre and conserv ...

and from August 2017 to April 2018 in the Abbasi ministry.

Early life and education

Marriyum was born to

Tahira Aurangzeb Tahira Aurangzeb () 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 March 2008 to May 2018. She is mother of Maryam ...

. Aurangzeb went to Saint Paul's Cambridge School in Rawalpindi. Aurangzeb did her graduation from the Federal Government College in

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. Aurangzeb holds an MSc degree in environment and development from Kings College London and a Masters degree in Economics from Pakistan.

Political career

Aurangzeb was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML (N) on a reserved seat for women in

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. Aurangzeb's mother was a nurse who used to look after personal needs of mother of ex prime minister Nawaz Sharif. The family were heavily rewarded and became millionaires in Pakistan. Aurangzeb got attached to

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and was a part of her team which oversaw the education sector. She had served as the Parliamentary Secretary for Interior, a member of Standing Committee of the National Assembly on Climate Change, and on Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage. She also served as Chief Organiser of PML-N's Youth Women Wing, Islamabad, and Rawalpindi. She specialises in strategic thinking and planning and development for environmental conservation, development and international agreements and Millennium Development Goals implementation. In October 2016, she was inducted into the federal cabinet of PM

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and was appointed the Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting. She was made in charge of the Ministry of Information after Information Minister

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was sacked for failing to stop a media report on a rift between the

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and the

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. She had ceased to hold ministerial office in July 2017 when the federal cabinet was disbanded following the disqualification of PM Nawaz Sharif after

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. Following the election of

Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Shahid Khaqan Abbasi ( ur, ; born 27 December 1958) is a Pakistani politician and businessman who served as the 21st prime minister of Pakistan from August 2017 to May 2018. Abbasi is the senior vice president of the Pakiatan Muslim Leagu ...

as Prime Minister of Pakistan in August 2017, she was inducted into the federal cabinet and was re-appointed the Minister of State for Information. In April 2018, she was elevated as a federal minister and was appointed Federal Minister for Information & Broadcasting. Upon the dissolution of the National Assembly on the expiration of its term on 31 May 2018, Aurangzeb ceased to hold the office as Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting. Aurangzeb was appointed official spokesperson of PML-N on 2 June 2018. She was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N on a reserved seat for women from Punjab in 2018 general election.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Aurangzeb, Marriyum Living people Alumni of King's College London Pakistan Muslim League (N) MNAs Information Ministers of Pakistan Pakistani MNAs 2013–2018 Women members of the National Assembly of Pakistan Women federal ministers of Pakistan Year of birth missing (living people) Pakistani MNAs 2018–2023 21st-century Pakistani women politicians