Naghma Mushtaq

Naghma Mushtaq Lang (Urdu: نغمہ مشتاق لانگ‎; born 1968) is a Pakistani politician who has been a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab since August 2018. Previously she was a member of the Punjab Assembly from 2008 to 2010 and again from May 2013 to May 2018.

Naghma Mushtaq
Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
Assumed office
15 August 2018
ConstituencyPP-223 (Multan-XIII)
In office
29 May 2013 – 31 May 2018
ConstituencyPP-206 (Multan-XIII)
In office
2008 – April 2010
ConstituencyPP-206 (Multan-XIII)
Personal details
Born1968 (age 52–53)
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPakistan Muslim League (N)
Punjab Assembly Lahore

Early life

Lang was born in 1968.[1]

Political career

Lang was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q) from Constituency PP-206 (Multan-XIII) in 2008 Pakistani general election.[2][3] She received 28,109 votes and defeated a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).[4] She resigned from her Punjab Assembly seat in April 2010 after her graduation degree was challenged.[5][6]

She was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency PP-206 (Multan-XIII) in 2013 Pakistani general election.[7][8] She received 43,228 votes and defeated Malik Muhammad Akram Kahnu, a candidate of PPP.[9]

In December 2013, she was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary for population welfare.[10]

In November 2016, she was inducted into the provincial Punjab cabinet of Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif and was made Provincial Minister of Punjab for Zakat and Ushr.[11]

She was re-elected to Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-223 (Multan-XIII) in 2018 Pakistani general election.[12]

References
  1. "Punjab Assembly". www.pap.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 14 June 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  2. "PML-Q to support PM's brother in by-polls". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  3. "Punjab Assembly". www.pap.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 4 July 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  4. "2008 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  5. "PP-206: Mujtaba emerges favourite candidate". DAWN.COM. 30 April 2010. Archived from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  6. "Six MNAs, 11 MPAs have resigned over fake degrees". www.thenews.com.pk. Archived from the original on 29 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  7. "Only 6 of 150 women candidates win NA seats: Report - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 16 May 2013. Archived from the original on 10 December 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  8. "Six women lawmakers win again on general seats". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Archived from the original on 29 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  9. "2013 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  10. Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (13 December 2013). "35 parliamentary secys appointed". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  11. "Punjab govt hands over portfolios to newly appointed cabinet ministers". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Archived from the original on 24 March 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  12. "Pakistan election 2018 results: National and provincial assemblies". Samaa TV. Archived from the original on 2018-07-29. Retrieved 3 September 2018.


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