Nasreen Jalil | |
|---|---|
| Deputy mayor ofKarachi | |
| In office 17 October 2005 – 19 February 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Tariq Hasan |
| Succeeded by | Arshad Abdullah Vohra |
| Senate of Pakistan fromSindh | |
| In office 2 March 2012 – March 2018 | |
| In office March 1994 – March 2000 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Karachi,Sindh,Pakistan |
| Political party | MQM-P (2016-present) |
| Other political affiliations | MQM-L (1994-2016) |
| Residence | Karachi |
| Alma mater | University of Punjab |
| Occupation | Politician |
Nasreen Jalil (Urdu:نسرین جلیل) (born: 22 February 1944,Lahore) is aPakistanipolitician and a senior leader of theMQM-P. She served as a member of theSenate of Pakistan fromSindh from 2012 to 2018. Previously, she served as the Deputy Mayor ofKarachi.[1][2][3][4]
Jalil was born inLahore on 22 February 1944, then part ofBritish India, her family were from theUnited Provinces but had settled inKarachi.[5][6] Her father,Zafrul Ahsan Lari was thedeputy commissioner ofLahore at the time of theBritish Indian Empire in 1947, and later he worked as anIndian Civil Service (ICS) officer.[6] Her sister is the Pakistani architect,Yasmeen Lari.
Nasreen Jalil was elected to the senate of Pakistan in March 1994 for a six-year term. She was member of the Senate Standing Committees on commerce and on foreign affairs, Kashmir affairs and northern affairs and on health, social welfare and special education and also chairperson on Functional Committee on Human Rights.[7]
In January 2006 she becameNaib Nazim of Karachi, during the swearing in ceremony Jalil pledged that underdeveloped areas of the city would be developed and also that women's rights would be safeguarded.[7]
In the Senate election held on 2 March 2012, Nasreen Jalil was elected as a senator from Sindh.[5]
Nasreen Jalil is the deputy convener ofMuttahida Qaumi Movement Khalid Maqbool Group's (MQM-P) Coordinate Committee.[5]
She is the chairperson of Senate's Standing Committee on Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics, P&D and Privatization.[5]
