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{{Short description|Pakistani politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Nuzhat Pathan
| office = Member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]]
| term_start = 13 August 2018
| term end =
|constituency= Reserved seat for women
|nationality = Pakistani
|party = [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]]
|otherparty= [[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)]] <small>2006–2011</small>
}}

'''Nuzhat Pathan''' ([[Sindhi language|Sindhi]]: '''نزهت پٺاڻ'''; Birth: 12 February 1965) is a [[Pakistani]] politician who has been a member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] since August 2018. Previously, she was a member of [[Provincial Assembly of Sindh]] from 2002 to 2013.

==Early life and education==
She was born on 19 February 1965 in [[Hyderabad, Sindh|Hyderabad]], [[Pakistan]].<ref name="pas/2002">{{cite web |title=Profile |url=http://www.pas.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/9/30 |website=www.pas.gov.pk |publisher=Sindh Assembly |accessdate=14 September 2018}}</ref>

She received a degree of Master of Arts in Political Science and degree of Master of Arts in Economics.<ref name="pas/2002" />

==Political career==

She was elected to the [[Provincial Assembly of Sindh]] as a candidate of [[Pakistan Peoples Party]] (PPP) on a reserved seat for women in [[2002 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news |title=PPP names Benazir for reserved seats |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/54205 |accessdate=14 September 2018 |work=DAWN.COM |date=25 August 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ghori |first1=Habib Khan |title=KARACHI: PPP gets largest number of women’s seats in PA |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/64440 |accessdate=14 September 2018 |work=DAWN.COM |date=1 November 2002}}</ref><ref name="thenews/16oct2017" />

In March 2006, she quit PPP<ref>{{cite news |title=KARACHI: PPP MPA defects |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/185081 |accessdate=14 September 2018 |work=DAWN.COM |date=28 March 2006}}</ref> and joined [[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)]] (PML-Q).<ref>{{cite news |title=Government forced Nuzhat to change loyalty: PPP |url=http://fp.brecorder.com/2006/03/20060329403834/ |accessdate=14 September 2018 |work=Business Recorder}}</ref><ref name="thenews/16oct2017">{{cite news |title=Nusrat Wahid made president of PTI’s Sindh women wing |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/237202-Nusrat-Wahid-made-president-of-PTIs-Sindh-women-wing |accessdate=14 September 2018 |work=The News |date=16 October 2017 |language=en}}</ref> In a 2006 Interview, she said she has been affiliated with PPP for the last 27 years.<ref>{{cite news |title=تیسری اپوزیشن رکن منحرف |url=https://www.bbc.com/urdu/pakistan/story/2006/03/060327_sindh_assembly_na.shtml |accessdate=14 September 2018 |work=BBC Urdu |date=27 March 2006}}</ref>

In October 2006, she was inducted into the provincial Sindh cabinet of Chief Minister [[Arbab Ghulam Rahim]] and was appointed as adviser to the Chief Minister.<ref>{{cite news |title=Minister, 7 advisers join Sindh cabinet |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/216921 |accessdate=14 September 2018 |work=DAWN.COM |date=31 October 2006}}</ref>

She was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of PML-Q on a reserved seat for women in [[2008 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite web |title=2008 election result |url=https://www.ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202008/Report,%20General%20Election%202008,%20Vol-II.pdf |publisher=ECP |accessdate=14 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=MQM’s priority list for reserved seats released |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/96963-mqm%E2%80%99s-priority-list-for-reserved-seats-released |accessdate=14 September 2018 |language=en}}</ref>

In 2011, she left PML-Q and joined [[Pakistan Peoples Muslim League|Pakistan Muslim League (Like-Minded)]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Sindh PML-Q ready to join hands with PPP |url=https://nation.com.pk/27-Apr-2011/sindh-pmlq-ready-to-join-hands-with-ppp |accessdate=14 September 2018 |work=The Nation |date=27 April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Nuzhat Pathan joins PML-LM |url=http://fp.brecorder.com/2011/10/201110231244711/ |accessdate=14 September 2018 |work=Business Recorder}}</ref>

In October 2016, she was appointed as secretary general of the women wing of [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]] (PTI) chapter in Sindh.<ref name="thenews/16oct2017" />

She was elected to the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] as a candidate of PTI on a reserved seat for women from [[Sindh]] in [[2018 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Reporter |first1=The Newspaper's Staff |title=List of MNAs elected on reserved seats for women, minorities |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1426560/list-of-mnas-elected-on-reserved-seats-for-women-minorities |accessdate=12 August 2018 |work=DAWN.COM |date=12 August 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Politicians from Hyderabad, Sindh]]
[[Category:Pakistani MNAs 2018–2023]]
[[Category:Sindh MPAs 2002–2007]]
[[Category:Pakistan Muslim League (Q) politicians]]
[[Category:Pakistani women lawyers]]
[[Category:1965 births]]
[[Category:Sindh MPAs 2008–2013]]
[[Category:Pakistan Peoples Party MPAs (Sindh)]]

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