Begum Ishrat Ashraf | |
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Member of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab | |
In office 15 August 2018 – 14 January 2023 | |
Constituency | Reserved seat for women |
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
In office 17 March 2008 – 16 March 2013 | |
Constituency | Reserved seat for women |
In office 16 November 2002 – 15 November 2007 | |
Constituency | Reserved seat for women |
In office 20 March 1985 – 29 May 1988 | |
Constituency | Reserved seat for women |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Pakistani |
Political party | Pakistan Muslim League (N) |
Spouse | Chaudhry Jaffar Iqbal Gujjar[1] |
Children | Zaib Jaffar (daughter) Chaudhry Muhammad Omar Jaffar (son) |
Relatives | Zaka Ashraf (brother) |
Begum Ishrat Ashraf is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan between 1985 and 2013.
Ashraf is married to Chaudhry Jaffar Iqbal Gujjar and has a daughter Zaib Jaffar and a son Chaudhry Muhammad Omar Jaffar.[2] She is the sister of Zaka Ashraf.[2]
She was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan on a seat reserved for women from Punjab in the 1985 Pakistani general election.[3]
She was re-elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) on a seat reserved for women from Punjab in the 2002 Pakistani general election.[4][5] In February 2006, she was elected president of PML-N women wing.[6] In June 2006, she became a member of the National Public Safety Commission.[7]
In 2011, she was named among the MPs who had foreign accounts and assets outside Pakistan.[8]
She was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N on a seat reserved for women from Punjab in the 2008 Pakistani general election.[9]
She was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N on a reserved seat for women in 2018 Pakistani general election.[10]