Shaista Pervaiz Malik () is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the

National Assembly of Pakistan The National Assembly of Pakistan, also referred to as ''Aiwān-ē-Zairīñ'', is the lower house of the bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Pakistan, with the upper house being the Senate of Pakistan, Senate. As of 2023, the National Assem ...

from December 2021 until August 2023. Previously she was a member of the National Assembly from June 2013 to May 2018 and from August 2018 to October 2021.

Political career

She was 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) on a seat reserved for women from

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 ...

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 was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N on a reserved seat for women from Punjab 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 vacated seat in October 2021 to contest NA 133 by elections. She contested NA-133 by polls held on 5 December 2021 and won by margins of 14,498 defeating PPP Aslam Gill.

References

Living people Pakistan Muslim League (N) MNAs Pakistani MNAs 2013–2018 Pakistani MNAs 2018–2023 People from Punjab, Pakistan Women members of the National Assembly of Pakistan Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Pakistani women politicians Pakistani MNAs 2024–2029 {{MuslimN-MNA-stub