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Kashmala Tariq

photo of Kashmala Tariq Photo Credit: B.K. Bangash/AP

Known For: Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
Country: Pakistan

About

Kashmala Tariq is a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from the Women Reserve Constituency NA-277 for the province of Punjab. She belongs to the Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-e-Azam) Group. She is the founding member and Executive Director of Parliamentarians Commission for Human Rights (PCHR), a cross party caucus of more than 60 members of the Pakistani parliament working together for Human Rights issues.

Ms. Tariq graduated from Kinnaird College Lahore, after which she got her LLB from Punjab University in 1996. She was awarded the degree of LLM from the London School of Economics in 1999, during which period she was also the chief organizer of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf in the UK.

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