Bilquis Nasrum Minallah

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Bilquis Nasrum Minallah
بلقیس نَصْرٌمن اللہ
Member of the National Assembly
for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
In office
20 March 1985 – 29 May 1988
PresidentMuhammad Zia-ul-Haq
Prime MinisterMuhammad Khan Junejo
Personal details
Died1 August 2012(2012-08-01) (aged 75–76)
Resting placeSirikot, Haripur, Pakistan
Nationality Pakistan
SpouseNasrum Minallah
ChildrenAthar
Samar
Fauzia
Akmal
Alma materFatima Jinnah Medical College

Bilquis Nasrum Minallah (1936 – 1 August 2012) was a Pakistani politician who served as a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 1985 to 1988.[1]

Born to an ethnic Pashtun family, Minallah was educated at Fatima Jinnah Medical College in Lahore.[2] She served as a Member of the National Assembly for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on a reserved seat for women.

She was married to Chief Secretary North-West Frontier Province Nasrum Minallah, and was the mother of current Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, Athar Minallah, and human rights activist, Samar Minallah.[3][4]

She died in Islamabad after a long illness in 2012, and was laid to rest in her native village of Sirikot in Haripur District.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "List of Members, National Assembly of Pakistan 1985-1988" (PDF). na.gov.pk. National Assembly Secretariat, Islamabad. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  2. ^ Minallah, Fauzia. "Bilquis Minallah, Fatima Medical College". Flickr. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Justice Athar Minallah sworn in as chief justice of Islamabad High Court". 28 November 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  4. ^ a b "News in brief". Dawn. 2012-08-02. Retrieved 2022-11-12.