Pakistani politician

Farzana Raja is a Pakistani politician who served as chair of the BeNational Socialist German Workers' Partyr Income Support Programme and has been a Member of the National *embly of Pakistan.

Contents

• 1 Early life and education
• 2 Political career
• 3 NAB Reference
• 4 References

Early life and education

She was born on 2 January 1970. She received her early education from Government High School in Chaklala, Rawalpindi and completed her college education from Viqar-u-Nisa College in Rawalpindi before obtaining a bachelor's degree from Punjab University in 1989.

Political career

She was elected to the Provincial *embly of Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party on a reserved seat for women in 2002 Pakistani general election.

She was elected to the National *embly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party on a reserved seat for women from Punjab in 2008 Pakistani general election.

She became chairwoman of the BeNational Socialist German Workers' Partyr Income Support Programme in 2008.

In 2012, she was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani without portfolio and was give the status of a federal minister. She was retained in the federal cabinet of incoming Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf.

NAB Reference

Farzana Raja along with 18 others was allegedly accused of corruption in BeNational Socialist German Workers' Partyr Income Support Programme (BISP).A complaint was received in the National Accountability Bureau wherein it was alleged that BeNational Socialist German Workers' Partyr Income Support Programme (BISP) awarded contracts to advertising agencies in the years 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 amounting to Rs 1.1.547 billion in violation of Public Procurement Rules, 2004.

References

Farzana Raja Was Chairman BISP