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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| honorific-suffix = <br />
| name = Begum Ishrat Ashraf<br />
| office = Member of the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab|Provincial Assembly of Punjab]]<br />
| term_start = 15 August 2018<br />
| term_end = <br />
| constituency = ''Reserved seat for women''<br />
| office1 = Member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]]<br />
| term_start1 = 17 March 2008<br />
| term_end1 = 16 March 2013<br />
| constituency1 = ''Reserved seat for women''<br />
| term_start2 = 16 November 2002<br />
| term_end2 = 15 November 2007<br />
| constituency2 = ''Reserved seat for women''<br />
| term_start3 = 20 March 1985<br />
| term_end3 = 29 May 1988<br />
| constituency3 = ''Reserved seat for women''<br />
| party = [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]<br />
|spouse = [[Chaudhry Jaffar Iqbal Gujjar]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Dozens of women, most related to Pak politicians, ex-statespersons, make it to NA |url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/207107-women |accessdate=12 August 2018 |work=Geo}}</ref><br />
|children = [[Zaib Jaffar]] (daughter) <br /> [[Chaudhry Muhammad Omar Jaffar]] (son)<br />
| nationality = Pakistani<br />
| relatives = [[Zaka Ashraf]] (brother)<br />
}}<br />
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'''Begum Ishrat Ashraf''' is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] between 1985 and 2013.<br />
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==Family==<br />
Ashraf is married to [[Chaudhry Jaffar Iqbal Gujjar]] and has a daughter [[Zaib Jaffar]] and a son [[Chaudhry Muhammad Omar Jaffar]].<ref name="tribune/16jan2014" /> She is the sister of [[Zaka Ashraf]].<ref name="tribune/16jan2014">{{cite news|title=Analysis: Zaka Ashraf enjoys support in PML-N - The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/659460/analysis-zaka-ashraf-enjoys-support-in-pml-n/|accessdate=11 December 2017|work=The Express Tribune|date=16 January 2014}}</ref><br />
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==Political career==<br />
She was elected to the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] on a seat reserved for women from [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]] in the [[1985 Pakistani general election]].<ref name="profile/pap">{{cite web|title=Punjab Assembly|url=http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/19/688|website=www.pap.gov.pk|accessdate=11 December 2017}}</ref><br />
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She was re-elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] (PML-N) on a seat reserved for women from [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]] in the [[2002 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news|title=PML-Q secures 22, PPP 15, MMA 12: Seats reserved for women|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/64511|accessdate=11 December 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=1 November 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Women who made it to National Assembly|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/64461|accessdate=11 December 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=1 November 2002}}</ref> In February 2006, she was elected president of PML-N women wing.<ref>{{cite news|title=PML-N names CWC members|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/180002|accessdate=24 March 2018|work=DAWN.COM|date=23 February 2006}}</ref> In June 2006, she became a member of the National Public Safety Commission.<ref>{{cite news|title=National Public Safety Commission established|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/10566-national-public-safety-commission-established|accessdate=24 March 2018|work=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en}}</ref><br />
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In 2011, she was named among the MPs who had foreign accounts and assets outside Pakistan.<ref>{{cite news |title=27 MPs have assets in foreign countries, National Assembly told |url=http://fp.brecorder.com/2011/06/201106071198426/ |accessdate=12 August 2018 |work=brecorder}}</ref><br />
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She was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N on a seat reserved for women from Punjab in the [[2008 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Wasim|first1=Amir|title=60pc new faces to enter NA|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/293912|accessdate=11 December 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=16 March 2008}}</ref><br />
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She was elected to the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]] as a candidate of PML-N on a reserved seat for women in [[2018 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Reporter |first1=The Newspaper's Staff |title=ECP notifies candidates for PA reserved seats |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1426620/ecp-notifies-candidates-for-pa-reserved-seats |accessdate=13 August 2018 |work=DAWN.COM |date=13 August 2018}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Pakistani MNAs 1985–1988]]<br />
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[[Category:Pakistani MNAs 2008–2013]]<br />
[[Category:Punjab MPAs 2018–2023]]<br />
[[Category:Pakistan Muslim League (N) MPAs (Punjab)]]<br />
[[Category:Women members of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]]<br />
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Pakistani women politicians]]<br />
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