Asma Mamdot | |
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Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
In office 3 June 2013 – 31 May 2018 | |
Constituency | Reserved seat for women |
Personal details | |
Born | Lahore |
Nationality | Pakistani |
Political party | Pakistan Muslim League (N) |
Other political affiliations | Pakistan Muslim League (F) |
Relatives | Shahnawaz Khan Mamdot (grandfather) |
Asma Mamdot is a Pakistani politician who was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from June 2013 to May 2018.
She was born in Lahore into the Nawab family of the Mamdots, who were ethnic Kheshgi Afghans.[1][2][3][4] She is a medical doctor by profession and completed her MBBS from King Edward Medical University.[4]
She was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (F) (PML-F) on a reserved seat for women in 2008 Pakistani general election.[5]
In February 2013, she joined Pakistan Peoples Party[6] and only a month later joined Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N).[7]
She was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PML-N on a reserved seat for women from Punjab in the 2013 Pakistani general election.[8][9][10][11]
She belongs from notable political family of Mamdots and Legharis.[4] She is granddaughter of Shahnawaz Khan Mamdot.[11]
... Kheshgi , which was the name of the Afghān tribe to which Naz̤r Bahādur Khān belonged (M.U. III. 777, l. 14). The Kheshgis were famous for their piety and integrity and were settled round about Lāhor and Kāsūr
The third family, the Kheshgi Afghans of Kasur, had held distinguished posts under the Mughals since ...