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{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
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|name = Khorshed Ara Haque
|office = Member of Parliament
|term_start = 10 April 2014
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|party = [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]]
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'''Khorshed Ara Haque''' is [[Bangladesh]] [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]] politician and Member of the Parliament. She was elected from reserved seats for women.<ref>{{cite news|title=Child truth-seekers who will shape Bangladesh|url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/08/25/child-truth-seekers-who-will-shape-bangladesh|accessdate=29 November 2017|work=bdnews24.com}}</ref>

==Biography==
Haque was nominated to the [[Parliament of Bangladesh]] on as part of the 50 reserved seats for women, as a candidate from Bangladesh Jatiya Party. Her nomination and that of fellow nominee, [[Sabiha Nahar Begum]] of [[Bangladesh Awami League]], were cancelled by Bangladesh Election Commission for unpaid telephone bills.<ref>{{cite news|title=48 women lawmakers elected unopposed|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/48-women-lawmakers-elected-unopposed-16411|accessdate=29 November 2017|work=The Daily Star|publisher=The Daily Star|date=20 March 2014|language=en}}</ref> She had 223,488 taka unpaid bills the state owned [[Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited]]. She paid her dues to the telecom company and appealed the decision of [[Bangladesh Election Commission]]. The Election Commission rejected her appeal on the grounds that the bills were not paid 12 days before her nomination was filled with the commission.<ref>{{cite news|title=2 women MP aspirants’ appeal rejected|url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/politics/2014/03/16/2-women-mp-aspirants-appeal-rejected/|accessdate=29 November 2017|work=dhakatribune.com|publisher=Dhaka Tribune}}</ref>

Haque was elected unopposed and declared winner on 10 April 2014 by [[Bangladesh Election Commission]].<ref>{{cite news|title=News in Brief|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-in-brief-19676|accessdate=29 November 2017|work=The Daily Star|publisher=The Daily Star|date=11 April 2014|language=en}}</ref> She is a notable women's right activist in Bangladesh. She was the chief guest at the round table conference titled Planet 50:50 by 2030: Step it up for Gender Equality and against Gender Based Violence in [[Cox's Bazar]] on 25 March 2016. The conference was organized by The Daily Star and the [[United Nations Population Fund]]. In the conference she said she will discuss laws related to gender based violence in the parliament and that Bangladesh cannot become a developed country with equal rights for women.<ref>{{cite news|title=Equality based state to achieve dev|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/city/equality-based-state-achieve-dev-1199440|accessdate=29 November 2017|work=The Daily Star|publisher=The Daily Star|date=25 March 2016|language=en}}</ref> In Parliament on 9 June 2017, she criticized finance minister [[Abul Maal Abdul Muhith]] for his plan to add a 15 percent VAT on all credit and debit accounts in Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite news|title=MPs mount pressure on Muhith for withdrawal|url=http://www.newagebd.net/article/17371/mps-mount-pressure-on-muhith-for-withdrawal|accessdate=29 November 2017|work=New Age|language=en}}</ref> She was part of a government delegation that distributed relief materials to [[Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh|Rohingya Refugees]] In Cox's Bazar on 5 October 2017.<ref>{{cite news|title=BNP trying to create anarchy over Rohingya issue: Quader|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/politics/bangladesh-road-transport-bridges-minister-obaidul-quader-alleges-bnp-create-anarchy-country-rohingya-1472014|accessdate=29 November 2017|work=The Daily Star|publisher=The Daily Star|date=5 October 2017|language=en}}</ref>

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