Kashmala Tariq

Kashmala Tariq (Urdu: کشمالہ طارق ) (born January 24, 1972 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan) is a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from the Women Reserve Constituency NA-277 for the province of Punjab. She belongs to the Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-e-Azam) or PML-Q. Kashmala Tariq was elected on September 24, [2007] to chair the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians from 2007 to 2010. This win was very appreciated and welcomed from different classes of Pakistan and all around the world ,it was just by dint of her abilities that Pakistan got such a prestigious position in some international association.

Early life and education

Kashmala Tariq completed her graduation from the Kinnaird College for Women, a prestigious institute in Lahore. She enrolled in the LLB program at the Punjab University where she joined the PSF and started her political life as a student activist.She was extremely popular during her studies . She also worked with the famous lawyer S.M Zafar for eight years. [http://www.paklinks.com/gs/archive/index.php/t-89942.html] She got her LLB degree from the Punjab University in 1996. She was awarded the degree of LLM from the London School of Economics in 1999. Around this time, she was also the chief organizer of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf in UK. As a chief organizer she was considered very energetic and influential.Her impressive approaches towards her work brought huge success to Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf in UK.

Political career

Kashmala Tariq entered the Pakistani Parliament on a seat reserved for women. The political party in direct proportion to seats won in the election gets a portion of its nominated women into parliament from the total pool of 72 women seats. On July 8th 2008 her membership for the Pakistan Muslim League Quaid-e-Azam was Canceled since the Party President alleged her for making forwarded block in the party.As member of treasury benches She did a great deal of work. Her dedication and hard work resulted in historical amendments in Hudood ordinance. Her efforts for empowering women is highly appreciated by females of Pakistan.

It is said that she was introduced to the current leadership of the PML-Q by Mian Waheed-ud-Din , a former member of National Assembly from Lahore with whom she reportedly had an affair [2] . Relationships are currently acrimonious between both parties and on 10 February 2006, Kashmala lodged a police complaint against him for allegedly entering her house by force while being armed, and for threatening her. The bone of contention is reported to be a luxury SUV Pajero that Kashmala received as a gift, but was demanded back after Kashmala had a falling-out with Waheed. She was then seen with Imran Khan, the former cricketer turned politician and also joined his political party for a year before their relationship crumbled. She then turned her attentions towards Humayun Akhter Khan, the present Minister for Commerce of Pakistan. [3] and joined the PML-Q, Akhter Khan's party. The Pakistani newspaper Khabrain also reported in February that Kashmala was present with the Pakistani delegation at the WTO Ministerial Conference of 2005, which met in Hong Kong, and she was observed making movies with a hand held camera, an act which led to protests from the accredited reporters present. (Humayun Akhter Khan was leading the Pakistani Delegation at the Conference and they stayed together throughout the trip). While her personal life has made her the darling of the Urdu-language media, Kashmala has also gained the trust of the PML-Q leaders for her unflinching support to the regime of president Pervez Musharaff, on TV talk shows and on the floor of the National Assembly.

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