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Basma Riaz Choudhry

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Basma Riaz Choudhry
بسمہ ریاض چوہدری
Member of the Provincial Assembly PML-Q
In office
10 October 2002 – 2008
Preceded byChaudhry Pervaiz Elahi
Succeeded byChaudhry Pervaiz Elahi
Personal details
Born (1977-03-05) 5 March 1977 (age 47)
Chicago, United States
Political partyPTI (2023-present)
Other political
affiliations
PML(Q) (2002-2023)
Children2
RelativesChaudhry family
ProfessionPolitician

Basma Riaz Choudhry also spelt Baasima (Urdu: بسمہ ریاض چوہدری) is a Member of the Provincial Assembly (MPA) of Punjab. She is the daughter of Chaudhry Riaz Asghar, (brother-in-law of Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain). The first time she was elected as an MPA was in the by-election in 2005. She returned to Punjab Assembly in the 2013 and 2018 general elections on the seats reserved for women.[1]

She took part in the 2008 general elections from the PP-117 constituency (Mandi Bahuddin-II) as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) for the second time, but was defeated by the PPPP candidate Asif Bashir Bhagat.

Chaudhry was born on March 5, 1977, in Chicago. She obtained a B.Sc. in Management Marketing in 1998, and obtained her Master of Computer Science from DePaul University in Chicago in 2001.[1] She is the niece of Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Profile". Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  2. ^ Butt, Waseem Ashraf (31 July 2018). "At least four Gujrat, Mandi Bahauddin women to get reserved seats". DAWN.COM.