Rana Ansar
{{short description|Pakistani politician|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Rana Ansar
| honorific-suffix =
| office = Leader of the Opposition of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh
| term_start = 26 July 2023
| term_end = 11 August 2023
| successor = Ali Khursheedi
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|8|17|df=y}}
| birth_place = Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan
| nationality = Pakistani
| party = MQM-P (2018-present)
|otherparty = MQM-L (2013-2018)
| term_start1 = 13 August 2018
| term_end1 = 11 August 2023
| constituency1 = Reserved seat for women
| office1 = Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh
| term_start2 = 29 May 2013
| term_end2 = 28 May 2018
| constituency2 = Reserved seat for women
| predecessor = Haleem Adil Sheikh
}}
Rana Ansar is a Pakistani politician who had been the Leader of the Opposition in Sindh from July 2023 to August 2023 and a member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh from August 2018 to August 2023 and from June 2013 to May 2018.
Early life and education
She was born on 17 August 1966 in Hyderabad, Pakistan.{{cite web|title=Welcome to the Website of Provincial Assembly of Sindh|url=http://www.pas.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/31/422|website=www.pas.gov.pk|accessdate=8 March 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810003330/http://www.pas.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/31/422|archivedate=10 August 2017}}
She has earned the degree of Master of Arts in Islamic Culture from the University of Sindh.
Political career
She was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) 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}}{{cite web|title=2013 Sindh Assembly women notification|url=https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/Downloads/General%20Election%202013/Reserved%20Seats%20Notification/Reserved%20Seats%20in%20Sindh.pdf|publisher=Election Commission of Pakistan|accessdate=8 March 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127124711/https://www.ecp.gov.pk/Documents/Downloads/General%20Election%202013/Reserved%20Seats%20Notification/Reserved%20Seats%20in%20Sindh.pdf|archivedate=27 January 2018}}
She was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of MQM-P on a reserved seat for women in the 2018 Pakistani general election.{{cite news |title=PPP bags most of the reserved seats in new Sindh Assembly |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/354299-ppp-bags-most-of-the-reserved-seats-in-new-sindh-assembly |accessdate=13 August 2018 |work=The News |date=13 August 2018 |language=en}}
On 13 July 2023, she was nominated as the Leader of the Opposition in the Provincial Assembly of Sindh by her party.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-07-14 |title=Rana Ansar named as opposition leader in Sindh Assembly |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1764573 |access-date=2023-07-16 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}
References
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ansar, Rana}}
Category:Muttahida Qaumi Movement MPAs (Sindh)
Category:Pakistani MNAs 2024–2029
{{Sindh-MPA-stub}}