Kashmala Tariq

Kashmala Tariq

Kashmala Tariq (Urdu: کشمالہ طارق) (born January 24, 1972 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan) is a member of the Pakistan National Assembly for the constituency of NA-277 reserves of women in the province of Punjab. It belongs to the Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-e-Azam) or PML-Q. She is also active in the rights of women.

Kashmala Tariq completed his degree in sciences SM College for Women, Lahore. She is enrolled in the Bachelor of Law at the University of Punjab, where she became a member of the Student Federation of the people (PSF) and began his political life as a student activist. She has also worked with the renowned lawyer SM Zafar eight years.She received his law degree in 1996. She received the degree of Master of Laws from the London School of Economics 1999.Around same time she was also chief organizer of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf in the UK.

He was a member of the Pakistan People's Party and was elected to parliament in 2001. She is also involved in women's rights and much of his work in politics have focused on this issue. She introduced two bills relating to women in parliament, in honor killings and the amendments to the Hudood Ordinance, respectively. One of the critics of the Hudood Ordinance and the problems of legitimacy in Islamic theology says proponents.She identified as the laws on sexual discrimination, sexual harassment scandal and domestic violence among his key priorities and the feudal mentality, with a culture dominated by men as progress and laws that prevent these areas.

In March 2005, when the bill sponsored by Tariq in karo-kari (honor killings) was rejected by voice vote in the National Assembly, criticized the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), calling its leaders self-proclaimed "experts on Islam, saying they were exploiting Islam and the Constitution and have used verses from the Koran according to their points view.Tariq proposed three amendments on the issue of Wali (male guardian) and remission compoundability worthwhile, but the opposition is, Wasi Zafar MMA and Minister of Justice opposed the bill he called "un-Islamic." In August 2006, as a member of the NA Select Committee bill to protect women, Tariq suggested that the husband, who had sex with his wife without her consent, be tried on charges of rape. Because of outright corruption and nepotism, his party tried to get his expulsion from the party. It is argued that driving forces of his adversaries is a woman-spirit and the fight against corruption in politics.