Kashmala Tariq
Federal Ombudsperson for Protection against Harassment of Women at the Workplaces
In office
27 February 2018 – 27 February 2023
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
17 March 2008 – 16 March 2013
ConstituencyReserved seat for women
In office
16 November 2002 – 15 November 2007
ConstituencyReserved seat for women
Personal details
BornLahore
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPakistan Muslim League (Q)
SpouseWaqas Khan

Kashmala Tariq (Urdu: کشمالہ طارق) is a Pakistani politician who was the Federal Ombudsperson for Protection against Harassment of Women at the Workplaces, in office from February 2018 to March 2023. Previously, she was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2002 to 2013.

Early life and education

Tariq holds a Master of Laws from the London School of Economics and Political Science.[1]

Tariq is a lawyer by profession.[2] She married Waqas Khan in 2020.

Political career

Tariq was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q) on a seat reserved for women from Punjab in the 2002 Pakistani general election.[3][4] During her tenure as Member of the National Assembly, she remained one of the vocal woman legislators.[5]

In 2007, she was elected as the Chairperson of the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians Committee.[6]

She was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-Q on a seat reserved for women from Punjab in the 2008 Pakistani general election.[2][7][8]

In February 2018, Tariq was appointed as the Federal Ombudsperson for Protection against Harassment of Women at the Workplaces for a period of four years.[5][9]

In March 2018, her staff beat up and held journalists from Waqt News against their will. She accused the journalists of recording an off-the-record conversation, after which she ordered her staff to forcibly take the journalist’s equipment and delete the recorded discussion.[10][11]

References

  1. ^ Correspondent, Abdullah Iqbal (1 September 2004). "Sweeping changes in cabinet likely as reward to Shujaat". GulfNews. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b Reporter, Ashfaq Ahmed, Chief (28 August 2008). "Pakistani women members open up to House truths". GulfNews. Retrieved 12 December 2017.((cite news)): CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Parties' likely share in seats for women, minorities". DAWN.COM. 16 October 2002. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Women who made it to National Assembly". DAWN.COM. 1 November 2002. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  5. ^ a b Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (21 February 2018). "Kashmala named ombudsperson on women's harassment". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  6. ^ Naqvi, Jawed (25 September 2007). "Kashmala to head C'wealth group: Women parliamentarians". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  7. ^ Khan, Iftikhar A. (7 March 2008). "Three major parties short of two-thirds majority". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  8. ^ Wasim, Amir (16 March 2008). "60pc new faces to enter NA". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  9. ^ "Kashmala takes oath as Federal Ombudsperson". www.radio.gov.pk. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  10. ^ Karar, Shakeel (8 March 2018). "Kashmala harasses journalists: Women parliamentarians". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  11. ^ "Leaked video of Kashmala Tariq harassing journalists in her office, ordering them to be "locked up" and "arrested"". Daily Pakistan Global. Retrieved 2018-03-11.
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