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{{short description|Pakistani politician|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Azma Zahid Bukhari
| honorific-suffix =
| office = Member of the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab|Provincial Assembly of Punjab]]
| term_start = 15 August 2018
| term_end =
| constituency = ''Reserved seat for women''
| term_start1 = 1 June 2013
| term_end1 = 31 May 2008
| constituency1 = ''Reserved seat for women''
| term_start2 = 9 April 2008
| term_end2 = 20 March 2013
| constituency2 = ''Reserved seat for women''
| term_start3 = 25 November 2002
| term_end3 = 17 November 2007
| constituency3 = ''Reserved seat for women''
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|8|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Faisalabad]]
| spouse = <nowiki>[2nd marriage [Sami Ullah Khan]]</nowiki><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/787141|title=PPP defectors directed to show cause|first=The Newspaper's Staff|last=Reporter|date=19 February 2013|publisher=}}</ref>
| nationality = Pakistani
| party = [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]
| otherparty = [[Pakistan Peoples Party]] (until 2013)
}}

'''Azma Zahid Bukhari''' ({{Lang-ur|{{Nastaliq| عظمیٰ زاہد بخاری}}}}; born 18 August 1976) is a Pakistani politician who was a Member of the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]], from 2002 to May 2018.

==Early life and education==
She was born on 18 August 1976 in [[Faisalabad]]<ref name="pap/2013">{{cite web|title=Punjab Assembly|url=http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/20/1153|website=www.pap.gov.pk|accessdate=6 February 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170613064331/http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/20/1153|archivedate=13 June 2017}}</ref><ref name="pap/2002" /> to the former Justice of [[Lahore High Court]] Syed Zahid Hussain Bokhari.<ref name="pap/2002" />

She received her early education from [[Sheikhupura]] and earned a Bachelor of Arts from the [[University of the Punjab|Punjab University]].<ref name="pap/2002">{{cite web|title=Punjab Assembly|url=http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/9/351|website=www.pap.gov.pk|accessdate=6 February 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511103128/http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/9/351|archivedate=11 May 2017}}</ref>

She earned Bachelor of Laws in 2001 from [[Pakistan College of Law]] and is practicing as a lawyer.<ref name="pap/2013" />

==Political career==

She was elected to the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]] as a candidate of [[Pakistan Peoples Party]] (PPP) on a reserved seat for women in [[2002 Pakistani general election]].<ref name="pap/2002" />

She was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PPP on a reserved seat for women in [[2008 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Six PPP MNAs-elect quit PA seats|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/293761|accessdate=6 February 2018|work=DAWN.COM|date=15 March 2008|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170411054925/https://www.dawn.com/news/293761|archivedate=11 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="pap/2008">{{cite web|title=Punjab Assembly|url=http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/19/760|website=www.pap.gov.pk|accessdate=6 February 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806121126/http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/19/760|archivedate=6 August 2017}}</ref>

In February 2013, she joined [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] (PML-N).<ref>{{cite news|last1=Reporter|first1=The Newspaper's Staff|title=PPP defectors directed to show cause|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/787141|accessdate=6 February 2018|work=DAWN.COM|date=19 February 2013|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206073748/https://www.dawn.com/news/787141|archivedate=6 February 2018}}</ref>

She was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N on a reserved seat for women in [[2013 Pakistani general election]].<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=6 February 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>

She was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N on a reserved seat for women in [[2018 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Reporter |first1=The Newspaper's Staff |title=ECP notifies candidates for PA reserved seats |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1426620/ecp-notifies-candidates-for-pa-reserved-seats |accessdate=13 August 2018 |work=DAWN.COM |date=13 August 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1976 births]]
[[Category:Pakistani women lawyers]]
[[Category:Punjab MPAs 2002–2007]]
[[Category:Punjab MPAs 2008–2013]]
[[Category:Punjab MPAs 2013–2018]]
[[Category:Pakistan Peoples Party MPAs (Punjab)]]
[[Category:Pakistan Muslim League (N) MPAs (Punjab)]]
[[Category:Women members of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]]
[[Category:People from Faisalabad]]
[[Category:21st-century Pakistani women politicians]]

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