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{{Short description|Pakistani politician}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=September 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Rashida Riffat
| honorific-suffix = MPA
| birth_date =
| birth_place =
| office = Member of the [[Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]
| term_start = 29 May 2013
| term end =
|constituency= Reserved seat for women
|nationality = Pakistani
|party = [[Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan]]
}}

'''Rashida Riffat''' ({{Lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|راشدہ رفعت}}}}) is a Pakistani politician who has been a Member of the [[Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]], since May 2013.

==Education==
Riffat has graduated in Journalism.<ref>{{cite web|title=I just voted for Rashada Riffat in The News Women Power 50, cast your vote and make your voices heard!|url=http://women.thenews.com.pk/202778_rashada-riffat|website=women.thenews.com.pk|accessdate=10 January 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227013355/http://women.thenews.com.pk/202778_rashada-riffat|archivedate=27 February 2017}}</ref>

==Political career==

She was elected to the [[Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] as a candidate of [[Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan]] on a reserved seat for women in [[2013 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Shah|first1=Waseem Ahmad|title=With 11 reserved seats: PTI builds up strength in KP Assembly|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1014574|accessdate=10 January 2018|work=DAWN.COM|date=29 May 2013|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101140011/https://www.dawn.com/news/1014574|archivedate=1 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=PML-N secures maximum number of reserved seats in NA|url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/05/28/pml-n-secures-maximum-number-of-reserved-seats-in-na/|accessdate=10 January 2018|work=www.pakistantoday.com.pk|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103061614/https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/05/28/pml-n-secures-maximum-number-of-reserved-seats-in-na/|archivedate=3 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=PTI grabs 10 women special seats in KPK|url=http://fp.brecorder.com/2013/05/201305291190319/|accessdate=10 January 2018|work=Business Recorder|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110043940/http://fp.brecorder.com/2013/05/201305291190319/|archivedate=10 January 2018}}</ref>

In September 2013, she was appointed as parliamentary secretary in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly without a department<ref>{{cite news|title=Political inductions?: Parliamentary secretaries appointed to crush forward bloc - The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/599252/political-inductions-parliamentary-secretaries-appointed-to-crush-forward-bloc/|accessdate=10 January 2018|work=The Express Tribune|date=3 September 2013|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101143056/https://tribune.com.pk/story/599252/political-inductions-parliamentary-secretaries-appointed-to-crush-forward-bloc/|archivedate=1 January 2018}}</ref> until she was discharged in November 2013.<ref>{{cite news|title=Time for a trim: K-P govt relieves 22 parliamentary secretaries - The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/631714/time-for-a-trim-k-p-govt-relieves-22-parliamentary-secretaries/|accessdate=10 January 2018|work=The Express Tribune|date=14 November 2013|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221041359/http://tribune.com.pk/story/631714/time-for-a-trim-k-p-govt-relieves-22-parliamentary-secretaries/|archivedate=21 February 2014}}</ref>

In May 2016, she joined a resolution to establish a [[Caucus|Women's Caucus]] in the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.pakp.gov.pk/2013/wp-content/uploads/Res-No-778.pdf| title=Joint Resolution No. 778 adopted by the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa| date=13 June 2016| website=www.pakp.gov.pk| accessdate=4 January 2018| url-status=live| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104135630/http://www.pakp.gov.pk/2013/wp-content/uploads/Res-No-778.pdf| archivedate=4 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.pakp.gov.pk/2013/resolutions/12002/| title=KP Assembly - Establishment of the Women Caucus| date=27 May 2016| accessdate=4 January 2018| website=www.pakp.gov.pk| url-status=live| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703021608/http://www.pakp.gov.pk/2013/resolutions/12002/| archivedate=3 July 2017}}</ref> She also joined a resolution to declare 8 July as Charity Day in honour of [[Abdul Sattar Edhi]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.pakp.gov.pk/2013/resolutions/12525/| title=KP Assembly - To Declare 8th July as "Charity Day" in Pakistan after Mr. Abdul Sattar Edhi.| date=10 August 2016| accessdate=4 January 2018| website=www.pakp.gov.pk| url-status=live| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104192528/http://www.pakp.gov.pk/2013/resolutions/12525/| archivedate=4 January 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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