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Naghma Mushtaq Lang (; born 1968) is a Pakistani politician and Ex-Minister

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 ...

who had been 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 August 2018 till January 2023. Previously, she was a member of the Punjab Assembly from 2008 to 2010 and again from May 2013 to May 2018. She is the mother of MPA Muhammad Nazik Kareem.

Early life

Lang was born in 1968. She is the wife of a former member of

and former Tehsil Nazim of

Jalalpur Pirwala Jalalpur Pirwala () is a city and the capital of Jalalpur Pirwala Tehsil, Multan District, Pakistan. This city is about 90 km south of Multan city. Jalalpur Pirwala is a historical city and it was named after a famous Sufi saint Jalaluddin Su ...

Malik Mushtaq Ahmed Lang.

Political career

Naghma Mushtaq Lang was elected to the

as 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) from Constituency PP-206 (Multan-XIII) 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 received 28,109 votes and defeated 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). She resigned from her Punjab Assembly seat in April 2010 after her graduation degree was challenged. She was re-elected to the

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) from Constituency PP-206 (Multan-XIII) 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 43,228 votes and defeated Malik Muhammad Akram Kahnu, a candidate of PPP. In December 2013, she was appointed as the Parliamentary Secretary for population welfare. In November 2016, she was inducted into the provincial Punjab cabinet of Chief Minister

Shehbaz Sharif Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif (born 23 September 1951) is a Pakistani politician and businessman who has served as the 20th Prime Minister of Pakistan, prime minister of Pakistan since March 2024, having previously been in the role between Ap ...

and was made Provincial Minister of Punjab for Zakat and Ushr. She was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-223 (Multan-XIII) 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

Living people Women members of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab Punjab MPAs 2013–2018 Punjab MPAs 2008–2013 1968 births Pakistan Muslim League (N) MPAs (Punjab) Punjab MPAs 2018–2023 Women provincial ministers of Punjab 21st-century Pakistani women politicians {{PunjabPK-MuslimN-MPA-stub