Jump to content

Marvi Memon: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
No edit summary
Tag: possible BLP issue or vandalism
BattyBot (talk | contribs)
Bots
1,932,911 edits
m →Political career: Removed/fixed incorrect author parameter(s), performed general fixes
 
(237 intermediate revisions by 85 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Short description|Pakistani politician}}
{{POV|date=April 2024}}
{{EngvarB|date=February 2015}}
{{EngvarB|date=February 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
|name =Marvi Memon
| name = Marvi Memon
| honorific-prefix = MNA
| honorific-prefix =
|office = Chairperson of [[Benazir Income Support Programme]] {{small|Minister of State}}
| office = Chairperson of [[Benazir Income Support Programme]]
|term_start = 25 February 2015
| term_start = 25 February 2015
|term_end =
| term_end = 23 June 2018
|predecessor = Enver Baig
| predecessor = Enver Baig
|president =[[Mamnoon Hussain]]
| president = [[Mamnoon Hussain]]
|primeminister =[[Nawaz Sharif]]
| primeminister = [[Nawaz Sharif]] <br /> [[Shahid Khaqan Abbasi]]
|successor =
| successor =
| office1 = Member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]]
| office1 = Member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]]
| term_start2 = 1 June 2013
| term_start1 = 1 June 2013
| term_end1 = 31 May 2018
| primeminister2 = [[Nawaz Sharif]]
⚫
| termstart2 = 17 March 2008
| constituency3 = [[Punjab, Pakistan]]
⚫
| termend2 = 23 June 2011
| office3 =
| constituency2 = Reserved seat for women
⚫
| termstart3 = March 2008
⚫
| other party = [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)|PMLN]] (2012-2024)
⚫
| termend3 = 23 June 2011
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1964|7|21}}<ref name="bisp/profile" /><ref name="dawn/28april2013" />
| primeminister3 = [[Yousaf Raza Gillani]]
| birth_place = [[Karachi]], [[Sindh]], [[Pakistan]]
|successor3 = Tanzeela Aamir Cheema
⚫
| nationality = Pakistani
⚫
|party =[[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]
⚫
| father = [[Nisar Memon]]
|birth_date ={{Birth year and age|1972}}
|birth_place =[[Karachi]], [[Sindh Province]], Pakistan
| alma_mater = [[London School of Economics]]
⚫
|nationality = Pakistani
⚫
|relations =[[Nisar Memon]] (father)
⚫
|alma_mater =[[London School of Economics]]
}}
}}


'''Marvi Memon''' ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|ماروی میمن}}}}) is a Pakistani politician who is the current Chairperson of the [[Benazir Income Support Programme]] with the status of Minister of State in the [[third Sharif ministry]]. Memon has been an elected member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] as a member of the [[PML-N]] from [[Sindh]]. She served as a member of the National Assembly between 2008 and 2012 as a member of [[PML-Q]].
'''Marvi Memon''' ({{langx|sd|ماروي ميمڻ}}; born 21 July 1972) is a Pakistani politician who recently served as Chairperson of the [[Benazir Income Support Programme]], from February 2015 until June 2018. She had been a member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] from March 2008 to June 2011 and again from June 2013 to May 2018.


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Memon was born in July 1972 in [[Karachi]], [[Sindh]], [[Pakistan]]<ref name="dailytimes/29aug2017">{{cite news|title=Marvi Memon|url=http://dailytimes.com.pk/life-and-style/29-Aug-17/marvi-memon|accessdate=29 August 2017|work=Daily Times|date=29 August 2017|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829042321/http://dailytimes.com.pk/life-and-style/29-Aug-17/marvi-memon|archivedate=29 August 2017}}</ref> to [[Nisar Memon]] in a [[Sindhi Memon]] family.<ref name="bisp/profile" />
Memon was born in July 1972 in [[Karachi]], [[Sindh]], to [[Nisar Memon]].<ref name="bisp/profile" />


Memon studied in [[Karachi]], [[Kuwait City]] and [[Paris]],<ref name="bisp/profile">{{cite web|title=Ms. Marvi Memon profile|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424163715/http://bisp.gov.pk/ms-marvi-memon/|website=bisp.gov.pk|publisher=Benazir Income Support Programme|accessdate=24 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="pncp.net">{{cite web|title=Profile. Marvi Memon MNA|url=http://pncp.net/members/ms-marvi-memon-mna|website=pncp.net|accessdate=25 December 2016}}</ref> She then enrolled in the [[London School of Economics]] from where she received her [[B.A]] in [[International relations|International Relations]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1024459|title=Marvi Memon|date=2013-04-28|newspaper=DAWN.COM|access-date=2017-02-21|language=en}}</ref><ref name="dawn/7may2013">{{cite news|title=A glance at Sindh's female election hopefuls|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/812505|accessdate=19 November 2016|work=DAWN.COM|date=7 May 2013}}</ref><ref name="dawn/28april2013" /><ref name="bisp/profile" />
Memon studied in [[Karachi]], [[Kuwait City]] and [[Paris]],<ref name="bisp/profile">{{cite web|title=Ms. Marvi Memon profile |url=http://bisp.gov.pk/ms-marvi-memon/ |website=bisp.gov.pk |publisher=Benazir Income Support Programme |accessdate=24 April 2017 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424163715/http://bisp.gov.pk/ms-marvi-memon/ |archivedate=24 April 2017 }}</ref><ref name="pncp.net">{{cite web|title=Profile. Marvi Memon MNA|url=http://pncp.net/members/ms-marvi-memon-mna|website=pncp.net|accessdate=25 December 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224164112/http://pncp.net/members/ms-marvi-memon-mna|archivedate=24 December 2016}}</ref> She then enrolled in the [[London School of Economics]] from where she completed her [[BSc]] (Econ.) Honors in [[International Relations]] in 1993.<ref name="bisp/profile" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1024459|title=Marvi Memon|date=2013-04-28|newspaper=DAWN.COM|access-date=2017-02-21|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222055026/http://www.dawn.com/news/1024459|archivedate=22 February 2017}}</ref><ref name="dawn/7may2013">{{cite news|title=A glance at Sindh's female election hopefuls|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/812505|accessdate=19 November 2016|work=DAWN.COM|date=7 May 2013|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120005752/http://www.dawn.com/news/812505|archivedate=20 November 2016}}</ref>


==Professional career==
==Professional career==
Prior to joining politics, Memon worked as an intern at with [[Dawn (newspaper)|DAWN]], [[Newsline (magazine)|Newsline]], [[Pakistan Institute of International Affairs]], [[International Union for Conservation of Nature]] and the [[US embassy in Islamabad|United States embassy in Islamabad]].<ref name="pncp.net" />
Prior to joining politics, Memon worked as an intern at [[Dawn (newspaper)|DAWN]], [[Newsline (magazine)|Newsline]], [[Pakistan Institute of International Affairs]], [[International Union for Conservation of Nature]] and the [[US embassy in Islamabad|United States embassy in Islamabad]].<ref name="pncp.net" />


Memon worked as a banker<ref name="dawn/24april2017">{{cite news|title=Marvi Memon appointed to WB Advisory Council on Gender and Development|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1328941/marvi-memon-appointed-to-wb-advisory-council-on-gender-and-development|accessdate=24 April 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=24 April 2017|language=en}}</ref> at [[Citibank]] where she specialized in Marketing and Quality Management<ref name="worldbank/profile">{{cite web|title=World Bank Advisory Council on Gender and Development|url=http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/gender/publication/world-bank-advisory-council-on-gender-and-development|publisher=World Bank|accessdate=24 April 2017|language=en}}</ref> and later with [[Pakistan Television Corporation]], before moving to launch Trakker, one of Pakistan’s largest vehicle tracking service provider which established her as an entrepreneur.<ref name="worldbank/profile" /> Memon joined the [[Inter-Services Public Relations]] in 2004 and served in its media monitoring and analysis wing until 2007. However, a dispute with the then Director General of the ISPR Major-General [[Shaukat Sultan]] saw her departing from ISPR.<ref name="pakistantoday/5march2012">{{cite news|title=The journey from Hilal Road to Raiwind|url=http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/03/05/the-journey-from-hilal-road-to-raiwind|accessdate=21 February 2017|publisher=Pakistan Today|date=5 March 2012}}</ref><ref name="dawn/28april2013" /><ref name="dawn/7may2013" /><ref name="dawn/28april2013">{{cite news|title=Marvi Memon|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1024459/marvi-memon-2|accessdate=19 November 2016|work=DAWN.COM|date=28 April 2013|ref=dawn/28april2013}}</ref> She also worked as advisor to President of Pakistan on Media Management and on Investments.<ref name="worldbank/profile" />
After graduating from the London School of Economics, Memon worked as a banker<ref name="dawn/24april2017">{{cite news|title=Marvi Memon appointed to WB Advisory Council on Gender and Development|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1328941/marvi-memon-appointed-to-wb-advisory-council-on-gender-and-development|accessdate=24 April 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=24 April 2017|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424225615/https://www.dawn.com/news/1328941/marvi-memon-appointed-to-wb-advisory-council-on-gender-and-development|archivedate=24 April 2017}}</ref> at [[Citibank]] where she specialized in Marketing and Quality Management<ref name="worldbank/profile">{{cite web|title=World Bank Advisory Council on Gender and Development|url=http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/gender/publication/world-bank-advisory-council-on-gender-and-development|publisher=World Bank|accessdate=24 April 2017|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415034650/http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/gender/publication/world-bank-advisory-council-on-gender-and-development|archivedate=15 April 2017}}</ref> before moving to launch Trakker, Pakistan's largest vehicle tracking service provider which established her as an entrepreneur.<ref name="worldbank/profile" /> Memon joined the [[Inter-Services Public Relations]] in 2004 and served in its media monitoring and analysis wing until 2007. She also worked as a media consultant to Board of Investment.<ref name="worldbank/profile" />


==Political career==
==Political career==
Memon joined [[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)]] in 2007, and was elected to the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] from [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]] in [[Pakistani general election, 2008]]<ref name="dawn/24april2017" /> on reserved seat for women, and sat on opposition benches. Memon published two white papers on the [[Peoples Party of Pakistan|Peoples Party]]'s government’s corrupt practices in year 2009 and 2010.<ref name="pakistantoday/5march2012" /><ref name="dawn/28april2013" /> Memon resigned from the National Assembly seat in 2011<ref>{{cite news|title=Resignation of Marvi Memon accepted|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/638825/resignation-of-marvi-memon-accepted|accessdate=19 November 2016|work=DAWN.COM|date=23 June 2011}}</ref> and left the party after the PML-Q joined the [[Peoples Party of Pakistan|Peoples Party]] led-coalition government.<ref name="tribune/23june2011">{{cite news|title=Voting against the budget: Marvi Memon resigns from NA, PML-Q - The Express Tribune|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/193999/marvi-memon-resigns-from-pml-q-national-assembly/|accessdate=19 November 2016|work=The Express Tribune|date=23 June 2011|ref=tribune/23june2011}}</ref><ref name="dawn/4march2012" />
Memon launched her political career as an advisor within Pakistan's Board of Investment, her primary role being advising the Minister of Strategies on marketing Pakistan's profitable sectors.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/655052|title=Collection of Marvi's parliamentary diaries launched|date=2011-08-27|website=DAWN.COM|language=en|access-date=2019-09-01}}</ref> She joined [[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)]] (PML-Q) in 2007 and was elected to the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] in [[2008 Pakistani general election|2008 general election]]<ref name="dawn/24april2017" /> on a reserved seat for women from Punjab.<ref name="dawn/28april2013">{{cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1024459/marvi-memon-2|title=Marvi Memon|date=28 April 2013|work=DAWN.COM|accessdate=19 November 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505051913/http://www.dawn.com/news/1024459/marvi-memon-2|archivedate=5 May 2016|url-status=live|ref=dawn/28april2013}}</ref>


During her tenure as MNA, she served as a member on the opposition benches, and held various positions including a member of the standing committee of Environment, Information Technology and Kashmir. Her work paid particular focus on rural and urban vulnerabilities faced by women. Some of her key legislative pieces include:
⚫
She is author of the memoir ''My Parliamentary Diaries''<ref name="dawn/28april2013" />, an account of everyday life of Memon as a parliamentarian which she launched in 2011.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Newspaper|first1=From the|title=Collection of Marvi’s parliamentary diaries launched|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/655052|accessdate=24 April 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=27 August 2011|language=en}}</ref>


# The Acid and Burns Crime Legislation, which also became the subject of Pakistan's first Oscar winning documentary<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-17180530|title=Pakistan's Oscar triumph for acid attack film Saving Face|last=Abbas|first=Nosheen|date=2012-02-29|access-date=2019-09-01|language=en-GB}}</ref>
Memon joined [[PML-N|PML(N)]] in 2012,<ref name="dawn/24april2017" /> with a press conference alongside [[Nawaz Sharif]], after months long rumours that she might join [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]].<ref name="dawn/4march2012">{{cite news|title=Marvi Memon announces decision to join PML-N|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/700092/|accessdate=19 November 2016|work=DAWN.COM|date=4 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Supporting Musharraf was political blunder: Marvi Memon|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/702584/supporting-musharraf-was-political-blunder-marvi-memon|accessdate=19 November 2016|work=DAWN.COM|date=14 March 2012}}</ref><ref name="thenews/25feb2015" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/350511/gross-mistake-realised-in-time-not-to-join-pti-marvi-memon/|title=Gross mistake, realised in time not to join PTI: Marvi Memon - The Express Tribune|date=2012-03-15|newspaper=The Express Tribune|access-date=2017-02-21|language=en-US}}</ref>
# Legislation to set up the Pakistani Institute of Parliamentary Services, which is Pakistan's first research and training institute for parliamentarians<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pips.gov.pk/|title=Pakistan Institute for Parliamentary Services|website=www.pips.gov.pk|language=en|access-date=2019-09-01}}</ref>
# Procedures and obligations of airlines after air crashes<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/582868/airblue-crash-anniversary-could-lives-have-been-saved/|title=Airblue crash anniversary: Could lives have been saved?|last=Tribune.com.pk|date=2013-07-28|website=The Express Tribune|language=en|access-date=2019-09-01}}</ref>
# Supreme Court of Pakistan's Flood Commission Report which is a technical report taking account of climate change, and government obligations pre and post flooding<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/02/04/sc-orders-implementation-of-recommendations-in-flood-commission-report/|title=SC orders implementation of recommendations in Flood Commission report {{!}} Pakistan Today|website=www.pakistantoday.com.pk|access-date=2019-09-01}}</ref>
# Rights of rural women faced with honour killings<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/5978850/Pakistan-to-outlaw-domestic-violence.html|title=Pakistan to outlaw domestic violence|last=Wilkinson|first=Isambard|journal=Daily Telegraph|date=2009-08-05|access-date=2019-09-01|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref>
# Worker rights in the agriculture sector<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org/marvi-writes-to-pm-cjp-on-human-rights-abuse/|title=Marvi writes to PM, CJP on human rights' abuse {{!}} Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF)|website=www.pakistanpressfoundation.org|language=en|access-date=2019-09-01}}</ref>


Memon resigned from the National Assembly in 2011<ref name="dailytimes/29aug2017" /><ref>{{cite news|title=Resignation of Marvi Memon accepted|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/638825/resignation-of-marvi-memon-accepted|accessdate=19 November 2016|work=DAWN.COM|date=23 June 2011|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120004858/http://www.dawn.com/news/638825/resignation-of-marvi-memon-accepted|archivedate=20 November 2016}}</ref> and left the PML-Q in protest after the party joined the PPP led-coalition government.<ref name="tribune/23june2011">{{cite news|title=Voting against the budget: Marvi Memon resigns from NA, PML-Q – The Express Tribune|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/193999/marvi-memon-resigns-from-pml-q-national-assembly/|accessdate=19 November 2016|work=The Express Tribune|date=23 June 2011|ref=tribune/23june2011|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428063643/http://tribune.com.pk/story/193999/marvi-memon-resigns-from-pml-q-national-assembly/|archivedate=28 April 2016}}</ref>
According to the Free and Fair Election Network, she was the amongst the parliamentarians in the 13th National Assembly of Pakistan who introduced the third highest number of private members' bill.<ref name="dawn/24april2017" />


⚫
In 2012, she launched her memoir, ''My Parliamentary Diaries'', an account of everyday life as a parliamentarian.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Newspaper|first1=the|title=Collection of Marvi's parliamentary diaries launched|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/655052|accessdate=24 April 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=27 August 2011|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425025712/https://www.dawn.com/news/655052|archivedate=25 April 2017}}</ref>
In [[Pakistani general election, 2013|2013]], she contested the [[Constituency NA-237|NA-237 (Thatta-I)]] for National Assembly however lost to Shamas-un-Nisa.<ref name="tribune/26may2013">{{cite news|title=PML-N nominates Marvi Memon for NA reserved seat - The Express Tribune|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/554634/pml-n-nominates-marvi-memon-for-na-reserved-seat/|accessdate=19 November 2016|work=The Express Tribune|date=26 May 2013}}</ref><ref name="thenews/25feb2015" /> However, she was re-elected as the member of the National Assembly for the second time on a reserved seat for women from [[Sindh]].<ref>{{cite news|title=PML-N secures most reserved seats for women in NA - The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/555511/pml-n-secures-most-reserved-seats-for-women-in-na/|accessdate=7 March 2017|work=The Express Tribune|date=28 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Women, minority seats allotted|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1014677|accessdate=7 March 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=29 May 2013|language=en}}</ref><ref name="tribune/26may2013" /> Memon initially served as Prime minister’s youth wing coordinator<ref>{{cite news|title=Loan scheme launched in Fata|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1081322|accessdate=19 November 2016|work=DAWN.COM|date=19 January 2014}}</ref> before she was appointed Chairperson of [[Benazir Income Support Programme]] with status of Minister of State in November 2015.<ref>{{cite news|title=Marvi Memon to head BISP|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1165992/marvi-memon-to-head-bisp|accessdate=20 November 2016|work=DAWN.COM|date=26 February 2015}}</ref><ref name="thenews/25feb2015">{{cite news|title=Marvi Memon appointed as BISP chairperson|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1884-marvi-memon-appointed-as-bisp-chairperson|accessdate=19 November 2016|work=www.thenews.com.pk|date=25 February 2015|ref=thenews/25feb2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/263763-Marvi-Memon-appointed-as-BISP-chairperson|title=Marvi Memon appointed as BISP chairperson|work=Dunya News|access-date=2017-02-20}}</ref>


Memon joined [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] (PML-N) in 2012,<ref name="dawn/24april2017" /> and was elected to the National Assembly on a reserved seat for women from [[Sindh]].<ref name="tribune/26may2013">{{cite news|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/554634/pml-n-nominates-marvi-memon-for-na-reserved-seat/|title=PML-N nominates Marvi Memon for NA reserved seat – The Express Tribune|date=26 May 2013|work=The Express Tribune|accessdate=19 November 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065124/http://tribune.com.pk/story/554634/pml-n-nominates-marvi-memon-for-na-reserved-seat/|archivedate=4 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=PML-N secures most reserved seats for women in NA – The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/555511/pml-n-secures-most-reserved-seats-for-women-in-na/|accessdate=7 March 2017|work=The Express Tribune|date=28 May 2013|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304195047/https://tribune.com.pk/story/555511/pml-n-secures-most-reserved-seats-for-women-in-na/|archivedate=4 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Women, minority seats allotted|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1014677|accessdate=7 March 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=29 May 2013|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307205110/https://www.dawn.com/news/1014677|archivedate=7 March 2017}}</ref> Memon initially served as Prime minister's youth wing coordinator<ref>{{cite news|title=Loan scheme launched in Fata|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1081322|accessdate=19 November 2016|work=DAWN.COM|date=19 January 2014|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120005828/http://www.dawn.com/news/1081322|archivedate=20 November 2016}}</ref> before she was appointed Chairperson of the Standing Committee for Information Broadcasting and Heritage.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pncp.info/members/ms-marvi-memon-mna|title=Ms. Marvi Memon MNA {{!}} Parliamentarians Network for Conflict Prevention|website=pncp.info|access-date=2019-09-01}}</ref> During her tenure as Chairperson, the Committee passed through various reforms with the objective of maintaining legislative oversight over the Federal Government's information Ministry. In February 2015, she was appointed Chairperson of [[Benazir Income Support Programme]] with status of Minister of State.<ref name="thenews/25feb2015">{{cite news|title=Marvi Memon appointed as BISP chairperson|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1884-marvi-memon-appointed-as-bisp-chairperson|accessdate=19 November 2016|work=thenews.com.pk|date=25 February 2015|ref=thenews/25feb2015|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120004727/https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1884-marvi-memon-appointed-as-bisp-chairperson|archivedate=20 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Marvi Memon to head BISP|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1165992/marvi-memon-to-head-bisp|accessdate=20 November 2016|work=DAWN.COM|date=26 February 2015|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120151536/http://www.dawn.com/news/1165992/marvi-memon-to-head-bisp|archivedate=20 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/263763-Marvi-Memon-appointed-as-BISP-chairperson|title=Marvi Memon appointed as BISP chairperson|work=Dunya News|access-date=2017-02-20|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913172102/http://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/263763-Marvi-Memon-appointed-as-BISP-chairperson|archivedate=13 September 2017}}</ref>
⚫
In March 2017, Memon received the Speaker's Democracy Award by the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom]].<ref name="parliament/30march2017">{{cite news|title=Speaker's Democracy Award - inaugural winner announced |url=http://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2017/march/speakers-democracy-award---inaugural-winner-announced/|accessdate=30 March 2017|work=parliament.uk|date=30 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Marvi Memon conferred Speaker's Democracy Award by UK parliament|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1323813|accessdate=31 March 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=31 March 2017|language=en}}</ref> In April 2017, she was appointed as the member of the Advisory Council on Gender and Development at [[World Bank]].<ref name="dawn/24april2017" />

In April 2017, she was appointed as the member of the Advisory Council on Gender and Development at [[World Bank]].<ref name="dawn/24april2017" />

She ceased to hold the status of Minister of State when the federal cabinet was disbanded after Nawaz Sharif resigned as Prime Minister.<ref>{{cite news|title=PM Nawaz Sharif steps down; federal cabinet stands dissolved|url=https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/pakistan/pm-nawaz-gives-up-his-post-federal-cabinet-stands-dissolved/|accessdate=25 March 2018|work=Daily Pakistan Global}}</ref> Following the election of Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as the new prime minister in August 2017,<ref>{{cite news |last= Chaudhry, ''Dawn.com'' |first= Fahad |title= Shahid Khaqan Abbasi sworn in as prime minister of Pakistan |url= https://www.dawn.com/news/1348953 |accessdate=25 March 2018 |work= DAWN.COM |date=1 August 2017}}</ref> she was re-appointed as the Minister of State in the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi<ref>{{cite news|last1=Reporter|first1=The Newspaper's Staff|title=Status of federal minister conferred on Fazl|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1354141|accessdate=31 August 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=27 August 2017|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831174330/https://www.dawn.com/news/1354141|archivedate=31 August 2017}}</ref> and was elevated to federal minister in the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi until the dissolution of the National Assembly on the expiration of its term in May 2018.<ref>{{cite news|title=Govt expands cabinet months before elections - The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1696773/1-govt-expands-cabinet-months-elections/|accessdate=27 April 2018|work=The Express Tribune|date=27 April 2018}}</ref>

In November 2018, Memon founded the Lifelong Learners Consultancy, providing consultancy services on development, national security, women empowerment, medium management and poverty alleviation to organisation, universities, governments and corporates.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lifelonglearnersconsultancy.com/|title=Life Long Learners Consultancy|website=Life Long Learners Consultancy|access-date=1 September 2019|archive-date=7 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707090953/http://lifelonglearnersconsultancy.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Awards and honours==
⚫
In March 2017, Memon received the Speaker's Democracy Award by the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom]].<ref name="parliament/30march2017">{{cite news|title=Speaker's Democracy Award – inaugural winner announced|url=http://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2017/march/speakers-democracy-award---inaugural-winner-announced/|accessdate=30 March 2017|work=parliament.uk|date=30 March 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331025232/http://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2017/march/speakers-democracy-award---inaugural-winner-announced/|archivedate=31 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Marvi Memon conferred Speaker's Democracy Award by UK parliament|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1323813|accessdate=31 March 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=31 March 2017|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330215909/https://www.dawn.com/news/1323813|archivedate=30 March 2017}}</ref>

In July 2017, she was conferred the [[National Order of Merit (France)|French National Order of Merit]] by the French Ambassador to Pakistan in Islamabad.<ref>{{cite news|title=Marvi Memon conferred French National Order of Merit|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1346928/marvi-memon-conferred-french-national-order-of-merit|accessdate=22 July 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=22 July 2017|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170722121140/https://www.dawn.com/news/1346928/marvi-memon-conferred-french-national-order-of-merit|archivedate=22 July 2017}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
Line 65: Line 80:
{{s-inc}}
{{s-inc}}
{{s-end}}
{{s-end}}
{{Authority control}}
{{Sharif III Cabinet}}


{{DEFAULTSORT:Memon, Marvi}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Memon, Marvi}}
[[Category:Pakistani politicians]]
[[Category:Sindhi Memon]]
[[Category:Sindhi people]]
[[Category:Memon people]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Members of the National Assembly of Pakistan]]
[[Category:Pakistani MNAs 2013–2018]]
⚫
[[Category:Pakistani women in politics]]
[[Category:Pakistan Muslim League (N) politicians]]
[[Category:Pakistan Muslim League (N) politicians]]
[[Category:1972 births]]
[[Category:1972 births]]
⚫
[[Category:Pakistani MNAs 2008–2013]]
[[Category:Women members of the National Assembly of Pakistan]]
⚫
[[Category:Alumni of the London School of Economics]]
[[Category:St Joseph's Convent School, Karachi alumni]]
[[Category:21st-century Pakistani women politicians]]

Latest revision as of 23:29, 3 December 2024

Marvi Memon
Chairperson of Benazir Income Support Programme
In office
25 February 2015 – 23 June 2018
PresidentMamnoon Hussain
Prime MinisterNawaz Sharif
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
Preceded byEnver Baig
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
1 June 2013 – 31 May 2018
In office
17 March 2008 – 23 June 2011
ConstituencyReserved seat for women
Personal details
Born (1964-07-21) 21 July 1964 (age 60)[1][2]
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Parent
Alma materLondon School of Economics

Marvi Memon (Sindhi: ماروي ميمڻ; born 21 July 1972) is a Pakistani politician who recently served as Chairperson of the Benazir Income Support Programme, from February 2015 until June 2018. She had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from March 2008 to June 2011 and again from June 2013 to May 2018.

Early life and education

[edit]

Memon was born in July 1972 in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan[3] to Nisar Memon in a Sindhi Memon family.[1]

Memon studied in Karachi, Kuwait City and Paris,[1][4] She then enrolled in the London School of Economics from where she completed her BSc (Econ.) Honors in International Relations in 1993.[1][5][6]

Professional career

[edit]

Prior to joining politics, Memon worked as an intern at DAWN, Newsline, Pakistan Institute of International Affairs, International Union for Conservation of Nature and the United States embassy in Islamabad.[4]

After graduating from the London School of Economics, Memon worked as a banker[7] at Citibank where she specialized in Marketing and Quality Management[8] before moving to launch Trakker, Pakistan's largest vehicle tracking service provider which established her as an entrepreneur.[8] Memon joined the Inter-Services Public Relations in 2004 and served in its media monitoring and analysis wing until 2007. She also worked as a media consultant to Board of Investment.[8]

Political career

[edit]

Memon launched her political career as an advisor within Pakistan's Board of Investment, her primary role being advising the Minister of Strategies on marketing Pakistan's profitable sectors.[9] She joined Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q) in 2007 and was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan in 2008 general election[7] on a reserved seat for women from Punjab.[2]

During her tenure as MNA, she served as a member on the opposition benches, and held various positions including a member of the standing committee of Environment, Information Technology and Kashmir. Her work paid particular focus on rural and urban vulnerabilities faced by women. Some of her key legislative pieces include:

  1. The Acid and Burns Crime Legislation, which also became the subject of Pakistan's first Oscar winning documentary[10]
  2. Legislation to set up the Pakistani Institute of Parliamentary Services, which is Pakistan's first research and training institute for parliamentarians[11]
  3. Procedures and obligations of airlines after air crashes[12]
  4. Supreme Court of Pakistan's Flood Commission Report which is a technical report taking account of climate change, and government obligations pre and post flooding[13]
  5. Rights of rural women faced with honour killings[14]
  6. Worker rights in the agriculture sector[15]

Memon resigned from the National Assembly in 2011[3][16] and left the PML-Q in protest after the party joined the PPP led-coalition government.[17]

In 2012, she launched her memoir, My Parliamentary Diaries, an account of everyday life as a parliamentarian.[18]

Memon joined Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) in 2012,[7] and was elected to the National Assembly on a reserved seat for women from Sindh.[19][20][21] Memon initially served as Prime minister's youth wing coordinator[22] before she was appointed Chairperson of the Standing Committee for Information Broadcasting and Heritage.[23] During her tenure as Chairperson, the Committee passed through various reforms with the objective of maintaining legislative oversight over the Federal Government's information Ministry. In February 2015, she was appointed Chairperson of Benazir Income Support Programme with status of Minister of State.[24][25][26]

In April 2017, she was appointed as the member of the Advisory Council on Gender and Development at World Bank.[7]

She ceased to hold the status of Minister of State when the federal cabinet was disbanded after Nawaz Sharif resigned as Prime Minister.[27] Following the election of Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as the new prime minister in August 2017,[28] she was re-appointed as the Minister of State in the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi[29] and was elevated to federal minister in the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi until the dissolution of the National Assembly on the expiration of its term in May 2018.[30]

In November 2018, Memon founded the Lifelong Learners Consultancy, providing consultancy services on development, national security, women empowerment, medium management and poverty alleviation to organisation, universities, governments and corporates.[31]

Awards and honours

[edit]

In March 2017, Memon received the Speaker's Democracy Award by the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.[32][33]

In July 2017, she was conferred the French National Order of Merit by the French Ambassador to Pakistan in Islamabad.[34]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c d "Ms. Marvi Memon profile". bisp.gov.pk. Benazir Income Support Programme. Archived from the original on 24 April 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ a b "Marvi Memon". DAWN.COM. 28 April 2013. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Marvi Memon". Daily Times. 29 August 2017. Archived from the original on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Profile. Marvi Memon MNA". pncp.net. Archived from the original on 24 December 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  5. ^ "Marvi Memon". DAWN.COM. 28 April 2013. Archived from the original on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  6. ^ "A glance at Sindh's female election hopefuls". DAWN.COM. 7 May 2013. Archived from the original on 20 November 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  7. ^ a b c d "Marvi Memon appointed to WB Advisory Council on Gender and Development". DAWN.COM. 24 April 2017. Archived from the original on 24 April 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  8. ^ a b c "World Bank Advisory Council on Gender and Development". World Bank. Archived from the original on 15 April 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  9. ^ "Collection of Marvi's parliamentary diaries launched". DAWN.COM. 27 August 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  10. ^ Abbas, Nosheen (29 February 2012). "Pakistan's Oscar triumph for acid attack film Saving Face". Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  11. ^ "Pakistan Institute for Parliamentary Services". www.pips.gov.pk. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  12. ^ Tribune.com.pk (28 July 2013). "Airblue crash anniversary: Could lives have been saved?". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  13. ^ "SC orders implementation of recommendations in Flood Commission report | Pakistan Today". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  14. ^ Wilkinson, Isambard (5 August 2009). "Pakistan to outlaw domestic violence". Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  15. ^ "Marvi writes to PM, CJP on human rights' abuse | Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF)". www.pakistanpressfoundation.org. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  16. ^ "Resignation of Marvi Memon accepted". DAWN.COM. 23 June 2011. Archived from the original on 20 November 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  17. ^ "Voting against the budget: Marvi Memon resigns from NA, PML-Q – The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 23 June 2011. Archived from the original on 28 April 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  18. ^ Newspaper, the (27 August 2011). "Collection of Marvi's parliamentary diaries launched". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 25 April 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  19. ^ "PML-N nominates Marvi Memon for NA reserved seat – The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 26 May 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  20. ^ "PML-N secures most reserved seats for women in NA – The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 28 May 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  21. ^ "Women, minority seats allotted". DAWN.COM. 29 May 2013. Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  22. ^ "Loan scheme launched in Fata". DAWN.COM. 19 January 2014. Archived from the original on 20 November 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  23. ^ "Ms. Marvi Memon MNA | Parliamentarians Network for Conflict Prevention". pncp.info. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  24. ^ "Marvi Memon appointed as BISP chairperson". thenews.com.pk. 25 February 2015. Archived from the original on 20 November 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  25. ^ "Marvi Memon to head BISP". DAWN.COM. 26 February 2015. Archived from the original on 20 November 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  26. ^ "Marvi Memon appointed as BISP chairperson". Dunya News. Archived from the original on 13 September 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  27. ^ "PM Nawaz Sharif steps down; federal cabinet stands dissolved". Daily Pakistan Global. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  28. ^ Chaudhry, Dawn.com, Fahad (1 August 2017). "Shahid Khaqan Abbasi sworn in as prime minister of Pakistan". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  29. ^ Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (27 August 2017). "Status of federal minister conferred on Fazl". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 31 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  30. ^ "Govt expands cabinet months before elections - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 27 April 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  31. ^ "Life Long Learners Consultancy". Life Long Learners Consultancy. Archived from the original on 7 July 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  32. ^ "Speaker's Democracy Award – inaugural winner announced". parliament.uk. 30 March 2017. Archived from the original on 31 March 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  33. ^ "Marvi Memon conferred Speaker's Democracy Award by UK parliament". DAWN.COM. 31 March 2017. Archived from the original on 30 March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  34. ^ "Marvi Memon conferred French National Order of Merit". DAWN.COM. 22 July 2017. Archived from the original on 22 July 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
[edit]
Political offices
Preceded by Chairperson of Benazir Income Support Programme
2015 		Incumbent
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Marvi_Memon&oldid=1261047618"