Rubina Irfan ( ur, ; born 5 August 1965) is a Pakistani politician who is a member of the

Pakistan Muslim League (Q) The Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid e Azam Group) ur, ; ''Pākistān Muslim Līg (Qāf)'', Acronyms: PML(Q), PML-Q, PMLQ, "Q League") is a Conservative nationalist political party in Pakistan. As of the 2018 parliamentary election, it has a re ...

and head of the party's women's wing. Since March 2012, she has served as a Senator of Pakistan. In 2002 she was elected to the

Provincial Assembly of Balochistan The Provincial Assembly of Balochistan is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistani province of Balochistan, and is located in Quetta, the provincial capital. It was established under Article 106 of the Constitution of P ...

. from 2007-2012 she served as a Law Minister in Balochistan. She is married to Agha Irfan Karim, a former member of the Balochistan Assembly. She is the mother of football players

Raheela Zarmeen Princess Raheela Zarmeen Ahmadzai is a Pakistani footballer and the manager of the Pakistan women's national football team and Balochistan United FC. Family She is the daughter of Pakistani women's football President Princess Rubina Irfan an ...

and

Shahlyla Baloch Princess Shahlyla Ahmadzai Baloch (12 March 1996 – 12 October 2016) was a Pakistani professional footballer who played as a forward for Balochistan United and the Pakistan national women's team. She was granddaughter of Prince Agha Abdul Kar ...

, the later of whom died in a car accident in 2016.

Football

In 2004 Irfan founded Balochistan United W.F.C. around her three daughters and entered the team into the

Pakistani women's football championship The National Women Football Championship is the top Single-elimination tournament, cup competition for Women's association football, women's football clubs in Pakistan – designed as an equivalent to the Pakistan National Football Challenge Cu ...

. She has also been the president of the Pakistan Football Federation's women's department since its inception in 2005. She supported the launch and development of the

Pakistan women's national football team The Pakistan women's national football team is the female representative football team for Pakistan. The team was formed in 2010 and has not yet entered the AFC Women's Asian Cup or FIFA Women's World Cup, but has competed in four editions of ...

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Living people Politicians from Quetta Pakistan Muslim League (Q) politicians 1965 births Association football executives 21st-century Pakistani women politicians Pakistani senators (14th Parliament) Pakistani MNAs 2018–2023 Balochistan Awami Party MNAs Magsi family {{Pakistan-senator-stub