Firdous Ashiq Awan
Federal Minister of Information and Broadcasting
Firdous Ashiq Awan (Punjabi, Urdu: فردوس عاشق اعوان, born 11 January 1970) is a Pakistani politician from Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party. She has served as Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting from 2019 to 2020, Federal Minister for National Regulations and Services from 2012 to 2013, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting from 2011 to 2012 and as Federal Minister for Population Welfare from 2008 to 2010. She served as the Special Assistant to the Chief Minister of Punjab on Information and Culture, in office from November 2020 to 6 August 2021.
Family life and education
Awan was born on 11 January 1970 in Sialkot, West Pakistan to an Awan family. She is married to businessman Malik Amjad Awan and is a mother of two children.
Awan attended Fatima Jinnah Medical University for her medical degree, MBBS. She started her career from Sir Ganga Ram Hospital. Awan took interest in social works and started Society for Health And Development Exchange (SHADE) in the early 1990s for public welfare.
Political career
Awan started her political career in 1990 when she founded the Society for Health and Development and Exchange and advocated for improving the healthcare system. In 2002 she was elected to the National Assembly on a reserved seat on PML (Q) ticket.
In 2008, she was again elected to the National Assembly from NA-111-Sialkot-II, having joined the Pakistan People's Party.
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