Senator Rukhsana Zuberi | |
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Member of the Senate of Pakistan | |
In office 12 March 2018 –27 January 2023 | |
In office March 2003 –February 2009 | |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Pakistani |
Political party | Pakistan Peoples Party |
Rukhsana Zuberi is a Pakistani politician who had been a Member of the Senate of Pakistan,from March 2018 till January 2023. Previously she had been a member of the Senate from 2003 to 2009 and briefly served as a member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh in 1977.
Zuberi was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh on a reserved seat for women in 1977 general election where she remained from 30 March 1977 to 5 June 1977. [1]
Zuberi was elected to the Senate of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on reserved seat for women from Sindh in 2003 Senate election. [2] [3] She retired as senator after the completion of her six-year term in 2009. [4]
Zuberi was re-elected to the Senate as a candidate of PPP on technocrat seat from Sindh in 2018 Pakistani Senate election. [5] [6] She took oath as Senator on 12 March 2018. [7]
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