Mehnaz Akbar Aziz is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since August 2018.

Early life and career

Mehnaz completed the Masters in Anthropology from the

Quaid-i-Azam University Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad ( ur, ; commonly referred to as QAU), founded as University of Islamabad, is a ranked 1 public research university in Islamabad, Pakistan. Founded as the University of Islamabad in 1967, it was initially de ...

and another Masters in Gender and Development Studies from the

University of Sussex , mottoeng = Be Still and Know , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £14.4 million (2020) , budget = £319.6 million (2019–20) , chancellor = Sanjeev Bhaskar , vice_chancellor = Sasha Roseneil , ...

. She was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency NA-77 (Narowal-I) in

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

. She received 106,366 votes and defeated

Muhammad Tariq Anis Muhammad Tariq Anis is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013. He had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1993 to 1996. Political caree ...

References

Living people Pakistani MNAs 2018–2023 Year of birth missing (living people) Quaid-i-Azam University alumni Alumni of the University of Sussex Women members of the National Assembly of Pakistan 21st-century Pakistani women politicians {{Pakistan-MNA-stub