Attiya Inayatullah

Attiya Inayatullah is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan between 1985 and 2013.

Attiya Inayatullah
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
In office
30 November 1988 – 6 August 1990
ConstituencyReserved seat for women
In office
20 March 1985 – 29 May 1988
ConstituencyReserved seat for women
Personal details
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPakistan Muslim League (Q)

Early life and education

She holds master's degree in Sociology from Boston University and obtained her PhD degree from University of the Punjab.[1]

Political career

Inayatullah served as an adviser on Population Welfare to President of Pakistan Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq in the early 1980s.[2]

She was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan on reserved seat for women from Punjab in 1985 Pakistani general election[3] and served as a Minister of State for Population Welfare in the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Muhammad Khan Junejo.[2]

She was re-elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan on reserved seat for women from Punjab in 1988 Pakistani general election.[4]

Following the 1999 Pakistani coup d'état by Pervez Musharraf, she served as a member of the National Security Council of Pakistan.[5]

She was reelected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) on a seat reserved for women from Punjab in the 2002 Pakistani general election.[6][7]

She was re-elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) on a seat reserved for women from Punjab in the 2008 Pakistani general election.[8][9]

References
  1. "Attiya Inayatullah profile". www.naaritoday.com.
  2. "First three years of Musharraf rule were better: Dr Attiya". DAWN.COM. 7 April 2009. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  3. (PDF). National Assembly http://www.na.gov.pk/uploads/former-members/7th%20National%20Assembly.pdf. Retrieved 10 December 2017. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. (PDF). National Assembly http://www.na.gov.pk/uploads/former-members/8th%20National%20Assembly.pdf. Retrieved 10 December 2017. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. "Musharraf names ruling National Security Council". The Independent. 25 October 1999. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  6. "Women who made it to National Assembly". DAWN.COM. 1 November 2002. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  7. "Women candidates of PML factions". DAWN.COM. 17 September 2002. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  8. Wasim, Amir (16 March 2008). "60pc new faces to enter NA". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  9. Khan, Iftikhar A. (7 March 2008). "Three major parties short of two-thirds majority". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
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