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Farzana Raja is a Pakistani politician who served as chair of the Benazir Income Support Programme and has been a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan.
Farzana Raja | |
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| Chairperson of the Benazir Income Support Programme | |
| In office 2008–2013 | |
| Prime Minister | Yousaf Raza Gillani Raja Pervez Ashraf |
| Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
| In office 2008–2013 | |
| Constituency | Reserved seat for women |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 January 1965 Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Political party | Pakistan Peoples Party |
She was born on 2 January 1965.[1][2] She received her early education from Government High School in Chaklala, Rawalpindi and completed her college education from Viqar-u-Nisa College in Rawalpindi before obtaining a bachelor's degree from Punjab University in 1989.[1][2]
She was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party on a reserved seat for women in 2002 Pakistani general election.[1][2]
She was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party on a reserved seat for women from Punjab in 2008 Pakistani general election.[1][3]
She became chairwoman of the Benazir Income Support Programme in 2008.[4][5]
In 2012, she was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani without portfolio[6] and was give the status of a federal minister.[1] She was retained in the federal cabinet of incoming Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf.[1][7]
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