Zartaj Gul
Zartaj Gul | |
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Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali
Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain
Defence Minister of Pakistan | |
In office 19 June 2013 – 10 October 2013 | |
President | Asif Ali Zardari Mamnoon Hussain |
Prime Minister | Nawaz Sharif |
Mayor of Multan | |
In office 31 December 1999 – 31 December 2004 | |
Succeeded by | Sheikh Abdul Wahab |
In office 1 January 2005 – 1 January 2010 | |
Succeeded by | Sheikh Abdul Wahab |
In office 8 February 2015 – 8 February 2019 | |
Succeeded by | Sheikh Abdul Wahab |
Personal details | |
Born | 1984 or 1985 (age 38–39)[1] Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan |
Political party | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (2005-present) |
Spouse |
Humayun Raza Khan Akhwind
(m. 2010) |
Alma mater | Queen Mary College National College of Arts, Rawalpindi |
Website | https://zartajgulpti.com |
Zartaj Gul (
Early life and education
Gul hails from
She obtained her early education in her native town
After completing her education, she joined
She moved to Dera Ismail Khan after getting married in 2010.[2]
Political career
Gul ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-172 (Dera Ghazi Khan-II) in 2013 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful.[4] She received 38,643 against 49,142 votes of Hafiz Abdul Kareem and lost the seat.[5]
She was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PTI from
On 5 October 2018, she was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Imran Khan[11] and was appointed as Minister of State for Climate Change.[12]
Controversy
In June 2019, Gul was criticized by the media for allegedly using her position to influence NACTA in the appointment of her sister as a director in the authority. Gul's principal staff officer wrote an official letter to the Secretary Interior following up on a "telephonic conversation with Ms Zartaj Gul, Minister of State for Climate, regarding the appointment of Ms Shabnam Gul in NACTA".[13] Prime Minister Imran Khan was said to have taken notice of the situation, and asked Gul to withdraw her letter but Gul's sister was still appointed to the position.[14] NACTA later released a statement "clarifying" that the appointment of Shabnam Gul, Zataj Gul's sister, was merit-based even though she had no prior experience in the field.[15] No action was taken against Gul for having sent the letter in the first place even though Imran Khan's special assistant made a statement saying that no one in the PTI government can promote their relatives/friends by using their positions.[16]
References
- ^ a b c "Female factor: In DG Khan, Zartaj Gul Akhwand set to fight dynastic politics | The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 6 May 2013. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f "Zartaj Gul: breaking barriers in clan politics in southern Punjab | The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- ^ "Women For All Seasons".
- ^ a b "Zartaj Gul, a young woman who upended the Legharis' rule". Geo News. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- ^ "2013 election result" (PDF). ECP. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- ^ "Election results: Imran Khan's PTI on top". Geo News. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ^ "Live Blog - DAWN.COM". zartajgulpti.com/. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ PTI Ki Zartaj Gul Bazi Maar Gain - Election 2018 - Dunya News, Dunya News, retrieved 2023-07-20
- ^ Unofficial Result: PTI Zartaj Gul Wins NA-191, Abbtakk, retrieved 2023-07-20
- ^ "NA-191 Result - Election Results 2018 - Dera Ghazi Khan 3 - NA-191 Candidates - NA-191 Constituency Details". www.thenews.com.pk. The News. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ^ Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (6 October 2018). "Six federal ministers administered oath". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- ^ "Notification - 5 October 2018" (PDF). Cabinet Division. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- ^ Durrani, Fakhar. "Zartaj Gul made official request to appoint her sister in Nacta". www.thenews.com.pk. The News. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ Tribune.com.pk (2019-06-03). "PML-N moves ECP against Zartaj Gul over sister's appointment". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
- ^ "NACTA CLARIFIES 'MERIT-BASED' APPOINTMENT OF ZARTAJ GUL'S SISTER". arynews.tv. 2019-06-01.
- ^ Post, The Frontier. "PM Imran Khan takes notice of Zartaj Gul's letter to NACTA". Retrieved 2023-05-27.