Hina Pervaiz Butt

Hina Pervaiz Butt (Urdu: حنا پرویز بٹ‎; born 19 January 1982) is a Pakistani politician who was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, from May 2013 to June 2018.Since August 2018 , she serving as member of provincial Assembly of Punjab.

Hina Pervez Butt
Member of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab
Assumed office
15 August 2018
ConstituencyReserved seat for women
In office
29 May 2013 – 31 May 2018
ConstituencyReserved seat for women
Personal details
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPakistan Muslim League N

Early life and education

Hina was born on 19 January 1982 in Lahore.[1]

She received her initial education from Convent of Jesus and Mary, Lahore. She earned the degrees of Bachelor of Science (Hons) in 2004 and received the degree of Master of Business Administration in 2010 from Lahore University of Management Sciences.[1]

In 2016, she earned Master of Arts in International Relations from Middlesex University campus in Dubai.[1] Hina has to her credit the esteemed achievement of being selected at the Harvard Kennedy School Education Module, ‘Global Leadership and Public Policy for the 21st century’, Cambridge, USA. To her credit, she is one of the most recognized Young Global Leaders and has participated regularly at the World Economic Forum Summits as well as the YGL Summits.

She has recently been honored with certification from Oxford University on "Transformational Leadership: Leadership on the Edges". Her participation at the YGL "Annual Meeting of New Champions has also been exemplary. She also represents Pakistan in Asia Pacific Summit 2019-Cambodia.[1]

Political career

She was selected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) on a reserved seat for women in 2013 Pakistani general election.[2][3]

She was re-selected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N on a reserved seat for women in 2018.

Her political career has been an impressive one being elected as a member of the provincial assembly, Punjab in the 2013 general elections, 2018 being her second term in office. This period comes with landmark bills and resolutions presented by Ms. Hina Butt. Some significant ones out of 17 include ‘The Punjab Prohibition of Hate Speech", "Reforms in the Admission Policy for Students Belonging to the Minority Community, " The Punjab Right of Children to Free & Compulsory Education Bill 2014", "The Domestic Workers Employment Right Bill 2014", "The Punjab Criminal Law (Protection of Minorities) Bill 2017, "Child Marriage Prohibition Bill 2013", " Punjab Home Based Workers Bill 2016", "The Punjab Domestic Workers Employment Rights Bill 2016".

To her credit also is the new landmark bill for which she has put in immense efforts is the ‘Punjab Maternity Benefits’ which is a first of its kind discussion in the provincial assembly.

Her commitment and passion has specifically driven towards activism through legislation for human rights and supporting civil society in its implementation and action, the most debated being legislation against forced conversions. She has rendered her services as the General Secretary of First Women Parliamentary Caucus of Punjab, Pakistan (2015- 2016) and currently serving as the Women Health Representative of the Women Caucus. She also holds an important charge as the General Secretary of the Youth Caucus for the effective of implementation of Youth Rights, highlighting issues pertaining to the youth in the assembly. She is closely working with civil society and NGOs on issues of minority and women rights including a task force for the formation of minority commission, which is required for implementation of minority rights.[4]

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See also

References
  1. "Punjab Assembly". www.pap.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 13 June 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  2. "2013 election women seat notification" (PDF). ECP. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  3. "ECP issues notification of one NA, nine PA returned candidates". brecorder. Archived from the original on 3 February 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  4. Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (13 August 2018). "ECP notifies candidates for PA reserved seats". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
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