Nadia Aziz (; born 18 February 1973) is a Pakistani politician who was a Member of 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 ...

from 2002 to 2007 and again from May 2013 to May 2018.

Early life and education

Aziz was born on 18 February 1973 in Gujrat. She completed her college level education from Air Base Inter College in Sargodha. She received the degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery in 1997 from

Allama Iqbal Medical College Allama Iqbal Medical College ( AIMC) is a public medical college in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious medical institutions in the country. Established in 1975, it is a public school of medicine, nur ...

Political career

Aziz was elected to the

as a candidate of

Pakistan Peoples Party The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) is a political party in Pakistan and one of the three major List of political parties in Pakistan, Pakistani political parties alongside the Pakistan Muslim League (N) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. With a Cent ...

(PPP) from Constituency PP-34 (Sargodha-VII) 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 ...

. She received 10,904 votes and defeated a candidate of

Pakistan Muslim League (Q) The Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid e Azam Group) ; ''Pākistān Muslim Līg (Qāf)'', Acronyms: PML(Q), PML-Q, PMLQ, "Q League" (officially registered as the Pakistan Muslim League) is a political party in Pakistan. As of the 2024 parliamentary e ...

(PML-Q). She ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PPP from Constituency PP-34 (Sargodha-VII) 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 ...

but was unsuccessful. She received 16,723 votes and lost the seat to Rizwan Nowaiz Gill, 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). Aziz was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-34 (Sargodha-VII) in the

2013 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on Saturday 11 May 2013 to elect the members of the List of members of the 14th National Assembly of Pakistan, 14th National Assembly of Pakistan, National Assembly and the four Subdivisions of Pakistan, Pr ...

. She received 33,853 votes and defeated Ansar Majeed Khan Niazi, a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). In May 2018, she quit PML-N and joined PTI. Aziz contested for the National Assembly of the Pakistan as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-90 (Sargodha-3) 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 ...

. She received 85,539 votes and was defeated by candidate of PMLN. In August 2023, Nadia Aziz parted ways with PTI and joined

Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party The Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP; , ) is a Pakistani political party. It was founded by Aleem Khan and on 8 June 2023. It was registered with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on 5 October 2023. History The pre-existing tensions b ...

. Later in January 2024, she left IPP and joined

(PML-N) again.

References

1973 births Living people Women members of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab Punjab MPAs 2013–2018 Punjab MPAs 2002–2007 Pakistan Muslim League (N) MPAs (Punjab) Pakistan People's Party MPAs (Punjab) People from Gujrat, Pakistan 21st-century Pakistani women politicians {{PunjabPK-MuslimN-MPA-stub