Azma Bukhari
{{short description|Member of the ProvincialAssembly of Punjab|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Azma Bukhari
| honorific-suffix =
| office5 = Provincial Minister for Information and Culture Punjab
| term_start5 = 7 March 2024
| office6 = Member of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab
| term_start7 = 15 August 2018
| term_end7 = 14 January 2023
| constituency7 = W-301
| term_start8 = 1 June 2013
| term_end8 = 31 May 2018
| constituency8 = W-301
| term_start9 = 9 April 2008
| term_end9 = 20 March 2013
| constituency9 = W-301
| term_start10 = 25 November 2002
| term_end10 = 17 November 2007
| constituency10 = W-301
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|8|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan
| spouse = Sami Ullah Khan{{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=}}
| nationality = Pakistani
| party = PMLN (2013-present)
| otherparty = PPP (2002-2013)
| term_start6 = 27 February 2024
| constituency6 = W-301
| 1blankname5 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata5 = Maryam Nawaz
| office = Punjab information and culture department
| term_start = 4 March 2025
| succeeding =
| deputy = Rana Sanaullah
| image =
| caption =
| predecessor = Hina Pervaiz Butt
}}
Azma Zahid Bukhari ({{Langx|ur|{{Nastaliq| عظمیٰ زاہد بخاری}}}}; born 18 August 1976) is a Pakistani politician who is currently serving as provisional minister for information Punjab. She has been elected as the member of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab since 2002 on seat reserved for women. She is a practising lawyer in the Lahore High Court.
Early life and education
She was born on 18 August 1976 in Faisalabad{{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}} to the former Justice of Lahore High Court Syed Zahid Hussain Bokhari.
She received her early education from Sheikhupura and earned a Bachelor of Arts from the Punjab University.{{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}}
She earned Bachelor of Laws in 2001 from Pakistan College of Law and is practicing as a lawyer.
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 the 2002 Pakistani general election.
She was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PPP on a reserved seat for women in the 2008 Pakistani general election.{{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}}{{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}}
In February 2013, she joined Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N).{{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}}
She was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N on a reserved seat for women in the 2013 Pakistani general election.{{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}}
She was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N on a reserved seat for women in the 2018 Pakistani general election.{{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}}
References
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Category:Women members of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
Category:People from Faisalabad
Category:21st-century Pakistani women politicians
Category:Punjab MPAs 2024–2029
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