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{{Short description|Pakistani politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Raheela Yahya Munawar
| honorific-suffix =
| office = Member of the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]]
| term_start = June 2013
| term_end = 31 May 2018
|constituency= Reserved seat for women
|office1 = Member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]]
| term_start1 = 2002
| term_end1 = 2007
|constituency1= Reserved seat for women
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|6|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Gujranwala]]
|nationality = Pakistani
|party =
}}

'''Raheela Yahya Munawar''' ({{Lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|راحیلہ یحیی منور}}}}; born 10 June 1957) is a Pakistani politician who was a Member of the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]], from June 2013 to May 2018. She was a member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] from 2002 to 2007.

==Early life and education==
She was born on 10 June 1957 in [[Gujranwala]].<ref name="pap/2013">{{cite web|title=Punjab Assembly|url=http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/20/1204|website=www.pap.gov.pk|accessdate=15 February 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170613071536/http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/20/1204|archivedate=13 June 2017}}</ref>

She has completed graduation and earned the degree of Bachelor of Arts.<ref name="pap/2013" />

==Political career==

She was elected to the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] as a candidate of [[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)]] on a reserved seat for women in [[2002 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Women who made it to National Assembly|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/64461|accessdate=15 February 2018|work=DAWN.COM|date=1 November 2002|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206005848/https://www.dawn.com/news/64461|archivedate=6 December 2017}}</ref> In August 2003, she was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Health.<ref>{{cite news|title=Parliamentary secretaries allocated portfolios|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/134263|accessdate=15 February 2018|work=DAWN.COM|date=9 August 2003|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305201733/https://www.dawn.com/news/134263|archivedate=5 March 2017}}</ref>

She was elected to the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]] as a candidate of [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] on a reserved seat for women in June 2013.<ref>{{cite news|title=ECP issues notification of one NA, nine PA returned candidates|url=https://www.brecorder.com/2013/06/24/125077/|accessdate=15 February 2018|work=brecorder|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203093428/https://www.brecorder.com//2013/06/24/125077/|archivedate=3 February 2018}}</ref>

In May 2018, she joined [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]].<ref>{{cite news |author= Syed Ali Shah, Fahad Chaudhry |title= 8 PML-N lawmakers switch loyalties |url= https://www.dawn.com/news/1406834/8-pml-n-lawmakers-switch-loyalties |accessdate= 10 May 2018 |work=DAWN.COM |date= 10 May 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Punjab MPAs 2013–2018]]
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[[Category:Pakistan Muslim League (N) politicians]]
[[Category:Pakistani MNAs 2002–2007]]
[[Category:Women members of the National Assembly of Pakistan]]
[[Category:21st-century Pakistani women politicians]]
[[Category:Women in Punjab, Pakistan politics]]

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