Women Parliamentarian

Status of Women Representatives in National Legislature

Women Parliamentarian Profiles

Runner Up Candidates (2018 Elections)

The Elections Act 2017 made it mandatory for political parties to issue a minimum number of tickets to women to contest elections. Section 206 of the Act states that a political party shall “ensure at least five per cent representation of women candidates” when it makes the selection of candidates on general seats for national and provincial assemblies.

The 2018 general elections were a “pilot run” for Section 206. A total of 176 women candidates were in the run for general seats of the National Assembly in the 2018 elections. The 2018 number is 21 candidates more than the number of females who contested the 2013 elections and three times higher than the number of women who ran for the 2002 polls.

172 women candidates could not make it to the parliament in the 2018 election. List of runners up women candidate is listed below:

S.No.	Candidate Name	Constituency	City	Political party	Position	Total Votes Acquired
1	Asia Bibi	NA-52	Islamabad	Independent	8th	127
2	Ayesha Gulalai Wazir	NA-53	Islamabad	PTI Gulalai	17th	138
3	Saima Sheraz	NA-54	Islamabad	Independent	21st	34
4	Ismat Raza	NA-54	Islamabad	AWP	9th	486
5	Fatima Malik	NA-54	Islamabad	Hamdardan-e-Watan Party	20th	38
6	Maimoona	NA-54	Islamabad	PTI Gulalai	18th	48
7	Nosheen Gul Kharal	NA-54	Islamabad	Pak Justice and Dem Party	22nd	32
8	Samina Shahid	NA-57	Rawalpindi	Independent	8th	203
9	Mehreen Anwar Raja	NA-57	Rawalpindi	PPPP	4th	24061
10	Hina Manzoor	NA-61	Rawalpindi	Front National	12th	233
11	Sumera Gul	NA-62	Rawalpindi	PPPP	4th	4730
12	Wazir Un Nisa	NA-69	Gujrat	PPPP	4th	6037
13	Parveen Akhtar	NA-72	Sialkot	MMA	8th	541
14	Firdous Ashiq	NA-72	Sialkot	PTI	2nd	91610
15	Nargis Faiz Malik	NA-74	Sialkot	PPPP	6th	2528
16	Faiza Rafique	NA-78	Narowal	National Party	8th	533
17	Shazia Bano Mazhar Javed	NA-80	Gujranwala	Independent	7th	2003
18	Nafisa Tahira	NA-82	Gujranwala	Aam Log Party	19th	65
19	Najas Bibi	Na-85	Mandi Bahauddin	Independent	7th	1852
20	Allah Rakhi	NA-87	Hafizabad	PPPP	7th	3397
21	Saira Tarar	NA-87	Hafizabad	PMLN	2nd	157535
22	Fehmida Kousar	NA-87	Hafizabad	MMA	12th	650
23	Rakhshinda Nawaz	NA-89	Sargodha	Independent	4th	2540
24	Asiah Maqbool	NA-90	Sargodha	Pakistan Welfare Party	15th	48
25	Erum Hamid	NA-90	Sargodha	Independent	10th	529
26	Nadia Aziz	NA-90	Sargodha	PTI	2nd	85539
27	Shehnaz Bibi	NA-92	Sargodha	MMA	9th	621
28	Sumaira Malik	NA-93	Khushab	PMLN	2nd	70435
29	Noreen Basit	NA-100	Chiniot	Independent	6th	3731
30	Afifa Saddiqui	NA-101	Faisalabad	MMA	12th	325
31	Sadia Akhtar	NA-102	Faisalabad	Independent	14th	295
32	Rabia Mukhtar	NA-107	Faisalabad	Allah-o Akbar Tehreek	4th	3539
33	Farkhanda Amjad	NA-111	Toba Tek Singh	Independent	11th	66
34	Sobia Junaid	NA-112	Toba Tek Singh	Independent	4th	5424
35	Neelum Jabbar Chuadhary	NA-112	Toba Tek Singh	PPPP	6th	2404
36	Aleesha Iftikhar	NA-114	Jhangh	Independent	3rd	65466
37	Syeda Sughra Imam	NA-115	Jhangh	Independent	4th	21143
38	Lubaina Siddiqua	NA-115	Jhangh	MMA	8th	301
39	Saima Akhtar	NA-116	Jhangh	Independent	4th	18823
40	Shezra Mansab Ali Khan Kharal	NA-118	Nanka Sahib	PMLN	2nd	61395
41	Sumaira Noreen	NA-124	Lahore	TLP	3rd	14832
42	Rehana Ahmed	NA-125	Lahore	Independent	11th	44
43	Samia Naz	NA-125	Lahore	Pak Sarzameen Party	8th	128
44	Maimoona Hamid	NA-125	Lahore	TLP	3rd	14822
45	Yasmin Rashid	NA-125	Lahore	PTI	2nd	105880
46	Musarrat Jamshed	NA-127	Lahore	Independent	9th	133
47	Farzana Butt	NA-129	Lahore	Independent	5th	419
48	Kishwar Bano	NA-129	Lahore	National Party	9th	124
49	Samina Khalid Ghurki	NA-132	Lahore	PPPP	3rd	24424
50	Aneela Batool	NA-134	Lahore	MMA	5th	1454
51	Shazia Mubashir	NA-134	Lahore	Independent	10th	249
52	Maryam Raza	NA-135	Lahore	Pak Sarzameen Party	7th	131
53	Nasira Meo	NA-137	Kasur	Independent	4th	28881
54	Rabia Hashar	NA-138	Kasur	Roshan Pakistan League	8th	1740
55	Saima Daood	NA-138	Kasur	Independent	14th	271
56	Nasira Meo	NA-138	Kasur	Independent	11th	762
57	Shumaila Shaukat	NA-142	Okara	TLP	3rd	5680
58	Chand Bibi	NA-144	Okara	Independent	13th	173
59	Rubina Shaheen Wattoo	NA-144	Okara	Independent	4th	1817
60	Saima Kashifat ul Firdous	NA-146	Pakpattan	Independent	6th	92
61	Amna Naz	NA-149	Sahiwal	National Party	11th	169
62	Iram Gull	NA-154	Multan	MMA	11th	1105
63	Aneela Iftikhar	NA-154	Multan	APML	12th	614
64	Nosheen Afshan	NA-155	Multan	ANP	12th	179
65	Saba Faisal	NA-156	Multan	Pakistan Awami Raj	8th	241
66	Naghma Mushtaq	NA-159	Multan	Independent	7th	1639
67	Ayesha Gulalai Wazir	NA-161	Lodhran	PTI Gulalai	7th	1629
68	Iffat Tahira	NA-161	Lodhran	Allah-o Akbar Tehreek	8th	972
69	Shagufta Chaudhry	NA-162	Vehari	Independent	9th	323
70	Ayesha Nazir	NA-162	Vehari	Independent	2nd	64796
71	Arifa Nazir	NA-163	Vehari	Independent	3rd	29254
72	Natasha Daultana	NA-163	Vehari	PPPP	4th	27726
73	Begum Tehmina Doultana	NA-164	Vehari	PMLN	2nd	68250
74	Nazia Ayoub	NA-166	Bahawalnagar	PPPP	4th	4128
75	Ishrat Begum	NA-167	Bahawalnagar	Independent	14th	233
76	Fatima Tahir Cheema	NA-168	Bahawalnagar	PTI	2nd	74993
77	Khadija Khanam	NA-169	Bahawalnagar	Independent	6th	2031
78	Ishrat Manzoor	NA-169	Bahawalnagar	MMA	7th	1534
79	Shazia Noureen	NA-170	Bahawalpur	APML	6th	469
80	Naheed Malik	NA-170	Bahawalpur	Independent	11th	45
81	Farzana Rauf	NA-172	Bahawalpur	Independent	5th	621
82	Khadeeja Aamir	NA-173	Bahawalpur	PTI	2nd	60225
83	Rukhsana Jabeen	NA-173	Bahawalpur	TLP	4th	6040
84	Nazia Parveen	NA-175	Rahim Yar Khan	TLP	6th	1687
85	Rukhsana Kousar	NA-177	Rahim Yar Khan	TLP	6th	3299
86	Hafiza Farah Naz	NA-179	Rahim Yar Khan	TLP	5th	3218
87	Benazir Fatima	NA-181	Muzaffargarh	Allah-o Akbar Tehreek	7th	1330
88	Khalida Parveen	NA-181	Muzaffargarh	Independent	10th	616
89	Tehmina Dasti	NA-182	Muzaffargarh	PTI	4th	33942
90	Mehnaz Saeed	NA-182	Muzaffargarh	Independent	14th	167
91	Syeda Zahra Basit Bukhari	NA-184	Muzaffargarh	PTI	4th	35086
92	Syeda Zahra Basit Bukhari	NA-185	Muzaffargarh	Independent	6th	3842
93	Azra Parveen	NA-185	Muzaffargarh	Independent	7th	1526
94	Sobia Ramzan	NA-188	Layyah	Independent	5th	2709
95	Kalsoom Khaliq	NA-188	Layyah	Independent	11th	557
96	Rashida Naseem	NA-189	Dera Ghazi Khan	Aam Admi Tehreek Pakistan	9th	828
97	Shamoona Ambreen	NA-189	Dera Ghazi Khan	PMLN	11th	523
98	Parveen Akhtar	NA-191	Dera Ghazi Khan	PPPP	4th	7961
99	Shazia Abid	NA-193	Rajanpur	PPPP	3rd	27183
100	Ruqyia Bibi	NA-194	Rajanpur	Independent	3rd	11129
101	Taqdira Ajmal	NA-1	Chitral	Independent	11th	681
102	Sobia Shahid	NA-7	Lower Dir	PMLN	6th	1256
103	Iffat Kalsoom	NA-13	Mansehra	ANP	13th	186
104	Nargis Ali	NA-13	Mansehra	PMLN	8th	593
105	Ambereen Ahsan	NA-13	Mansehra	Independent	10th	376
106	Nusrat Anjum	NA-15	Abbottabad	Pak Sarzameen Party	12th	377
107	Irum Fatima	NA-17	Haripur	ANP	7th	2594
108	Shaista Naz	NA-17	Haripur	PPPP	6th	2937
109	Begum Tahira Bukhari	NA-23	Charsadda	PMLN	6th	1587
110	Ayesha Gulalai Wazir	NA-25	Nowshera	PTI Gulalai	6th	959
111	Sobia Shahid	NA-27	Peshawar	PMLN	5th	3136
112	Sidra Qadeem	NA-27	Peshawar	Independent	10th	306
113	Asma Alamgir	NA-27	Peshawar	PPPP	3rd	24015
114	Yasmeen	NA-31	Peshawar	TLP	10th	432
115	Madiha Faraz	NA-32	Kohat	Independent	6th	1798
116	Syeda Yasmin Safdar	NA-35	Bannu	PPPP	3rd	9174
117	Halima Bhutto	NA-200	Larkana	PTI	3rd	8522
118	Qurat-ul-Ain	NA-201	Larkana	PTI	3rd	10346
119	Naheed Begum	NA-206	Sukkur	Pak Sarzameen Party	14th	79
120	Nusrat Bano	NA-206	Sukkur	Independent	15th	70
121	Mussarat Shah	NA-202	Kamber Shahdadkot	PTI	3rd	9637
122	Shaista	NA-207	Sukkur	Independent	13th	176
123	Mahreen Razzaq Bhutto	NA-210	Khairpur	Independent	10th	480
124	Ghazala Hussain	NA-211	Naushahro Feroze	PTI	6th	1283
125	Qudsia Qazi	NA-211	Naushahro Feroze	Independent	20th	80
126	Mehmooda Begum	NA-211	Naushahro Feroze	MMA	9th	763
127	Afshan Iqbal	NA-214	Shaheed Benazirabad	Independent	11th	359
128	Mukhtiar Naz	NA-214	Shaheed Benazirabad	PMLN	8th	1303
129	Ishrat Naz	NA-220	Umerkot	MMA	6th	417
130	Neelam Walji	NA-220	Umerkot	PMLN	3rd	5104
131	Tulchhi Bai	NA-222	Tharparkar	Independent	6th	1230
132	Farhat Yasmeen	NA-223	Matiari	MMA	3rd	6106
133	Nargis Naz	NA-223	Matiari	PMLN	11th	665
134	Naheed Khan Barakzai	NA-225	Hyderabad	GDA	3rd	4846
135	Sumayya Abdul Qadir Nizamani	NA-228	Tando Muhammad Khan	MMA	4th	1118
136	Ayesha Gulalai Wazir	NA-231	Sujawal	PTI Gulalai	8th	828
137	Rabia	NA-232	Thatta	Independent	3rd	3190
138	Hameeda Khatoon	NA-234	Dadu	MMA	4th	774
139	Mussarat	NA-234	Dadu	Independent	6th	196
140	Fatima	NA-235	Dadu	MMA	4th	1941
141	Afshan	NA-236	Malir	TLP	4th	9517
142	Zunaira Rehman	NA-238	Malir	PTI	3rd	16506
143	Kiran Zehra Kazmi	NA-242	Karachi East	Amun Taraqqi Party	17th	76
144	Kishwar Zehra	NA-242	Karachi East	MQM-P	5th	6393
145	Syeda Shehla Raza	NA-243	Karachi East	PPPP	4th	10633
146	Shazia Razzaq Khan	NA-244	Karachi East	ANP	14th	100
147	Samina Huma Meer	NA-245	Karachi East	ANP	10th	606
148	Umm-e Kalsoom	NA-246	Karachi South	Independent	16th	88
149	Ghazia Ali	NA-247	Karachi South	GDA	14th	264
150	Fauzia Aqeel Lari	NA-247	Karachi South	Independent	23rd	47
151	Fauzia Kasuri	NA-247	Karachi South	Pak Sarzameen Party	8th	5432
152	Nasreen Jalil	NA-247	Karachi South	Independent	18th	115
153	Afshan Qamber Ali	NA-248	Karachi West	MQM-P	8th	1432
154	Fouzia Hameed	NA-249	Karachi West	Pak Sarzameen Party	7th	1617
155	Iqra Muzzammal	NA-251	Karachi West	Allah-o Akbar Tehreek	9th	2023
156	Samina Sohail	NA-252	Karachi West	Independent	8th	994
157	Liza Mehdi	NA-254	Karachi Central	PPPP	6th	3416
158	Sofia Yaqoob	NA-256	Karachi Central	ANP	9th	2495
159	Shahzadi	NA-259	Dera Bugti-Kohlu-Barkan-Sibi-Lehri	Independent	20th	967
160	Shahnaz Naseer Baloch	NA-260	Nasirabad-Kachhi-Jhal Magsi	BNP	9th	2519
161	Rahat Jamali	NA-261	Jafarabad-Sohbatpur	Independent	4th	7384
162	Raheela Hameed Khan Durrani	NA-265	Quetta	PMLN	5th	9931
163	Yasmeen Bibi Lehri	NA-265	Quetta	National Party	18th	229
164	Bibi Nasreen Gul	NA-266	Quetta	BNM	18th	78
165	Fouzia Sikandar	NA-269	Khuzdar	Independent	12th	563
166	Amber Naeem	NA-253	Karachi Central	APML	9th	977
167	Lelan	NA-218	Mirpurkhas	Independent	7th	1544
168	Shireen Arshad	NA-174	Bahawalpur	Independent	7th	791
169	Shamim Akhtar	NA-66	Jhelum	Independent	9th	334
170	Shamim Akhtar	NA-77	Narowal	Independent	6th	3480
171	Noorulain Rai	NA-141	Okara	Independent	6th	1373
172	Ali Begum Khan	NA-46	Tribal Areas	Independent	7th	2222