Farzana Raja
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 | Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan | 2 January 1970
Nationality | Pakistani |
Political party | Pakistan Peoples Party
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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.
Early life and education[]
She was born on 2 January 1970.[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]
Political career[]
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]
NAB Reference[]
Farzana Raja along with 18 others was allegedly accused of corruption in Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP). A complaint was received in the National Accountability Bureau wherein it was alleged that Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) awarded contracts to advertising agencies in the years 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 amounting to Rs 1.1.547 billion in violation of Public Procurement Rules, 2004.
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f "Farzana Raja". DAWN.COM. 23 April 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
- ^ a b c "Profile". www.pap.gov.pk. Punjab Assembly. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
- ^ Khan, Iftikhar A. (7 March 2008). "Three major parties short of two-thirds majority". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
- ^ "BISP embezzlement case: NAB summons PPP's Farzana Raja". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
- ^ "BISP embezzlement case: NAB summons PPP's Farzana Raja". The Nation. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
- ^ Raza, Syed Irfan (17 April 2012). "Four new ministers of state sworn in". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
- ^ "Raja Pervaiz Ashraf elected prime minister, new cabinet sworn in". DAWN.COM. 22 June 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
- Pakistan Peoples Party MNAs
- 1970 births
- Living people
- University of the Punjab alumni
- Women members of the National Assembly of Pakistan
- People from Gujar Khan