Kalsoom Perveen

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Kalsoom Perveen
Member of the Senate of Pakistan
In office
March 2003 – 21 December 2020
Personal details
Born1945
Died(2020-12-21)21 December 2020
Islamabad, Pakistan
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPakistan Muslim League (N)

Kalsoom Parveen Urdu: کلثوم پروین (1945 – December 2020) was a Pakistani politician who served as a member of the Senate from March 2003 until her death on 21 December 2020.

Education

She did Bachelor of Education from the Balochistan University in 1994.[1] She held the Master of Philosophy degree in history.[2]

Political career

She was elected to the Senate of Pakistan on a reserved seat for women as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q) in the 2003 Senate election.[3]

She ran for the seat of Senate in 2009 Pakistani Senate election as an independent candidate after she was not given ticket by PML (Q)[3] and was successfully re-elected.[4][5] She later joined Balochistan National Party Awami (BNPA).[3]

In January 2015, she quit BNPA to join the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) and also resigned from her seat in the Senate.[3]

She was re-elected to the Senate of Pakistan on a reserved seat for women as a candidate of PML-N in 2015 Pakistani Senate election.[6][7] She also served as president of the Chess Federation of Pakistan.[8]

Death

Perveen died of COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan in a hospital in Islamabad on 21 December 2020.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Senate of Pakistan". www.senate.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 25 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Senate of Pakistan". senate.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 25 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d "Kalsoom Perveen quits Senate, joins PML-N". The Nation. 25 February 2015. Archived from the original on 25 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  4. ^ "PPP emerges as majority party in Senate polls". www.thenews.com.pk. Archived from the original on 25 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  5. ^ "PPP emerges largest party in Senate". The Nation. Archived from the original on 24 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Senate polls: Unofficial results emerging". DAWN.COM. 5 March 2015. Archived from the original on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  7. ^ "It's a near tie!: PPP, PML-N share sweepstakes - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 6 March 2015. Archived from the original on 25 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  8. ^ "Asian Chess to sponsor 20 Pak players for Arbitration course". The Frontier Post. 8 July 2020. Archived from the original on 20 December 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  9. ^ "PML-N Senator Kalsoom Parveen Dies Of Coronavirus". Urdu Point. 21 December 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.