Begum Majeeda Wyne

{{Short description|Pakistani politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Begum Majeeda Wyne

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| office = Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan

| term_start = 1 June 2013

| term_end = 31 May 2018

|constituency = Reserved seat for women

|nationality = Pakistani

|spouse = Ghulam Haider Wyne

|party = Pakistan Muslim League (N)

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Begum Majeeda Wyne ({{Langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|بیگم مجیدہ وائیں}}}}) is a Pakistani politician who was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 1997 to 1999 and again from June 2013 to May 2018.

Family

She was the wife of Ghulam Haider Wyne, former Chief Minister of Punjab.{{cite news|title=Khanewal: a show of traditional powerhouses|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/152375|accessdate=15 August 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=16 August 2005|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815135835/https://www.dawn.com/news/152375|archivedate=15 August 2017}}

Political career

She ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency NA-123 (Khanewal-III) in the 1993 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. She received 50,454 votes and lost the seat to Aslam Bodla.{{cite web |title=National Assembly election result |url=https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/Results%201988%20-%201997/NA.pdf |publisher=ECP |accessdate=6 June 2018 |archive-date=28 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828225608/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/Results%201988%20-%201997/NA.pdf |url-status=dead }}

She was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-123 (Khanewal-III) in the 1997 Pakistani general election. She received 68,701 votes and defeated Aslam Bodla.

She was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N on reserved seats for women from Punjab in the 2013 Pakistani general election.{{cite news|title=PML-N secures most reserved seats for women in NA - The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/555511/pml-n-secures-most-reserved-seats-for-women-in-na/|accessdate=7 March 2017|work=The Express Tribune|date=28 May 2013|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304195047/https://tribune.com.pk/story/555511/pml-n-secures-most-reserved-seats-for-women-in-na/|archivedate=4 March 2017}}{{cite news|title=Women, minority seats allotted|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1014677|accessdate=7 March 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=29 May 2013|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307205110/https://www.dawn.com/news/1014677|archivedate=7 March 2017}}

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