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'''Rubina Irfan''' ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|روبینہ عرفان}}}}; born 5 August 1965) is a Pakistani politician who is a member of the [[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)]] and head of the [[Political party|party's]] [[women's wing]]. Since March 2012, she has served as a [[List of Senators of Pakistan|Senator of Pakistan]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Rubina Irfan|url=http://www.senate.gov.pk/en/profile.php?uid=780|publisher=[[Senate of Pakistan]]|accessdate=13 February 2017}}</ref> In 2002 she was elected to the [[Provincial Assembly of Balochistan]]. from 2007-2012 she served as a Law Minister in Balochistan. She is married to Agha Irfan Karim, a former member of the Balochistan Assembly. She is the mother of football players [[Raheela Zarmeen]] and [[Shahlyla Baloch]], the later of whom died in a car accident in 2016.

== Football ==

In 2004 Irfan founded Balochistan United W.F.C. around her three daughters and entered the team into the [[Pakistani women's football championship]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Wasim|first1=Umaid|title=Balochistan United look to transform women’s football in Pakistan|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1123903|accessdate=13 February 2016|publisher=[[DAWN (newspaper)|DAWN]]|date=8 August 2014}}</ref> She has also been the president of the [[Pakistan Football Federation]]'s women's department since its inception in 2005.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ali|first1=Mohsin|title=Rubina demands autonomy for women soccer body|url=http://nation.com.pk/sports/23-Nov-2014/rubina-demands-autonomy-for-women-soccer-body|accessdate=13 February 2016|publisher=[[The Nation (Pakistan)]]|date=23 November 2014}}</ref> She supported the launch and development of the [[Pakistan women's national football team]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Women’s team gets a FIFA ranking|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/145126/womens-team-gets-a-fifa-ranking/|accessdate=13 February 2016|publisher=[[The Express Tribune]]|date=8 April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Hennies|first1=Rainer|title=Pakistan’s women – grand debut despite results|url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fanfest/magazine/magazine10-06p.4en_3504.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121112147/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fanfest/magazine/magazine10-06p.4en_3504.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 November 2015|publisher=[[FIFA]]|accessdate=13 February 2016|pages=48–49|format=PDF|date=October 2006}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.pabalochistan.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/26/399 Profile] at [[Provincial Assembly of Balochistan]]

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[[Category:Pakistan Muslim League (Q) politicians]]
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[[Category:Association football executives]]
[[Category:21st-century Pakistani women politicians]]
[[Category:Pakistani senators (14th Parliament)]]
[[Category:Pakistani MNAs 2018–2023]]
[[Category:Balochistan Awami Party MNAs]]
[[Category:Magsi family]]

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