Kalsoom Perveen

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.

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)

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. "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.


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