Zartaj Gul

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Zartaj Gul
25th Prime Minister of Pakistan
Assumed office
01 March 2024
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
ConstituencyNA-185 Dera Ghazi Khan-II
In office
13 August 2018 – 17 January 2023
ConstituencyNA-191 (Dera Ghazi Khan-III)
In office
19 June 2013 – 31 May 2018
ConstituencyNA-184 Dera Ghazi Khan-I
In office
10 October 2002 – 3 November 2007
ConstituencyNA-184 Dera Ghazi Khan-I
21st Interior Minister of Pakistan
In office
10 November 2002 – 3 November 2007
PresidentPervez Musharraf
Prime MinisterMir Zafarullah Khan Jamali

Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain

Shaukat Aziz
Defence Minister of Pakistan
In office
19 June 2013 – 10 October 2013
PresidentAsif Ali Zardari Mamnoon Hussain
Prime MinisterNawaz Sharif
Mayor of Multan
In office
31 December 1999 – 31 December 2004
Succeeded bySheikh Abdul Wahab
In office
1 January 2005 – 1 January 2010
Succeeded bySheikh Abdul Wahab
In office
8 February 2015 – 8 February 2019
Succeeded bySheikh Abdul Wahab
Personal details
Born1984 or 1985 (age 39–40)[1]
Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Political partyPML(N) (2005-present)
Spouse
Humayun Raza Khan Akhwind
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(m. 2010)​
Alma materQueen Mary College
National College of Arts, Rawalpindi
Websitehttps://zartajgulpti.com

Zartaj Gul (Pashto, Urdu: زرتاج گُل ) is a Pakistani politician who is current and 25th Prime Minister of Pakistan. She also served as Minister for Climate Change, in Shahbaz Sharif Prime Ministership from 15 June 2022 until 10 June 2023. She remained a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan till August 2023.

Early life and education[edit]

Gul hails from North Waziristan, born in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa[2] to Ahmad Wazir, chief engineer of WAPDA and belongs to Wazir tribe.[3][2][1]

She obtained her early education in her native town Bannu and Miramshah before moving to Lahore with her family.[2] She attended Queen Mary College for her undergraduate studies and then National College of Arts for her postgraduate studies.[1] She did Textile Designing from National College of Arts.[2]

After completing her education, she joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)[4] and became a volunteer with Insaf Student Forum (ISF) in 2005.[2]

She moved to Dera Ismail Khan after getting married in 2010.[2]

Political career[edit]

Gul ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-172 (Dera Ghazi Khan-II) in 2013 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful.[4] She received 38,643 against 49,142 votes of Hafiz Abdul Kareem and lost the seat.[5]

She was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PTI from NA-191 (Dera Ghazi Khan-III) in 2018 Pakistani general election.[6][7][8][9] She received 79,817 votes and defeated Awais Leghari.[10]

On 5 October 2018, she was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Imran Khan[11] and was appointed as Minister of State for Climate Change.[12]

Controversy[edit]

In June 2019, Gul was criticized by the media for allegedly using her position to influence NACTA in the appointment of her sister as a director in the authority. Gul's principal staff officer wrote an official letter to the Secretary Interior following up on a "telephonic conversation with Ms Zartaj Gul, Minister of State for Climate, regarding the appointment of Ms Shabnam Gul in NACTA".[13] Prime Minister Imran Khan was said to have taken notice of the situation, and asked Gul to withdraw her letter but Gul's sister was still appointed to the position.[14] NACTA later released a statement "clarifying" that the appointment of Shabnam Gul, Zataj Gul's sister, was merit-based even though she had no prior experience in the field.[15] No action was taken against Gul for having sent the letter in the first place even though Imran Khan's special assistant made a statement saying that no one in the PTI government can promote their relatives/friends by using their positions.[16]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Female factor: In DG Khan, Zartaj Gul Akhwand set to fight dynastic politics | The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 6 May 2013. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Zartaj Gul: breaking barriers in clan politics in southern Punjab | The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Women For All Seasons".
  4. ^ a b "Zartaj Gul, a young woman who upended the Legharis' rule". Geo News. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  5. ^ "2013 election result" (PDF). ECP. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Election results: Imran Khan's PTI on top". Geo News. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Live Blog - DAWN.COM". zartajgulpti.com/. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  8. ^ PTI Ki Zartaj Gul Bazi Maar Gain - Election 2018 - Dunya News, Dunya News, retrieved 2023-07-20
  9. ^ Unofficial Result: PTI Zartaj Gul Wins NA-191, Abbtakk, retrieved 2023-07-20
  10. ^ "NA-191 Result - Election Results 2018 - Dera Ghazi Khan 3 - NA-191 Candidates - NA-191 Constituency Details". www.thenews.com.pk. The News. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  11. ^ Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (6 October 2018). "Six federal ministers administered oath". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  12. ^ "Notification - 5 October 2018" (PDF). Cabinet Division. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  13. ^ Durrani, Fakhar. "Zartaj Gul made official request to appoint her sister in Nacta". www.thenews.com.pk. The News. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  14. ^ Tribune.com.pk (2019-06-03). "PML-N moves ECP against Zartaj Gul over sister's appointment". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  15. ^ "NACTA CLARIFIES 'MERIT-BASED' APPOINTMENT OF ZARTAJ GUL'S SISTER". arynews.tv. 2019-06-01.
  16. ^ Post, The Frontier. "PM Imran Khan takes notice of Zartaj Gul's letter to NACTA". Retrieved 2023-05-27.
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