About Rehana Sarwar
Rehana Sarwar was a Pakistani politician and civil servant.
Rehana Sarwar was a Pakistani politician of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP). She served as a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from 1972 to 1977, as a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990, and as federal minister for women development in the first government of Benazir Bhutto from 23 March 1989 to 6 August 1990. She was murdered in Lahore in July 2002.
Political career Sarwar was a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from PP-184 (Women's Constituency-IV) during the 1972–1977 assembly.
On 23 March 1989, she was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto as minister for women development. She remained in office until the dismissal of Bhutto's government on 6 August 1990.
Death Sarwar was found shot dead in her car in Lahore in July 2002.
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Who was Rehana Sarwar?
Pakistani politician
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Rehana Sarwar died in 2002.
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Rehana Sarwar was a politician and civil servant.
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