Role Politician Spouse Shabbir Ahmed Khan | Nationality Pakistani Party Pakistan Muslim League Name Anusha Rahman | |
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Political party Pakistan Muslim League (N) Education University of the Punjab, University College London | ||
Anusha Rahman talks to media over Panama Case
Anusha Rahman Ahmad Khan (Urdu: انوشہ رحمان احمد خان) is a Pakistani politician and a lawyer who is the current Minister of State for Information Technology and Telecommunication, in office since August 2017. She previously served as the Minister of State of Information Technology and Telecommunication of Pakistan in the third Sharif ministry from 2013 to 2017. A member of the Pakistan Muslim League (N), Khan has been a member of National Assembly of Pakistan since 2008.
Contents
- Anusha Rahman talks to media over Panama Case
- Itu telecom world 2015 interviews anusha rahman khan minister of state government of pakistan
- Early life and education
- Political career
- References
Itu telecom world 2015 interviews anusha rahman khan minister of state government of pakistan
Early life and education
Rehman's family hails from Gawalmandi, Lahore and is the only parliamentarian from her family. In 1992, Rehman graduated with a LLB and received an LLM from University College London specializing in Law and Economics of regulated industries, networks and markets.
In early 90s, Rehman worked as a lawyer in her uncle's chambers. Her uncle handled the legal matters of the businesses owned by the Sharif family. During working at uncle's chambers, Rehman became a member of the PML-N. She is a professional corporate lawyer by profession. According to Rehman, she had been working with the telecom sector since the 1990s.
Political career
Rehman began her political career in 2006 or 2007, when she was made senior vice president of the lawyers’ wing of PML-N. She played an active role in the lawyers movement for the restoration of the judiciary following Pakistani state of emergency, 2007.
She was elected as a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan for the first time in Pakistani general election, 2008 on a reserved seat for women. She was a member of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Law and Justice during her tenure in National Assembly. In 2009, Rehman was a key member of the PML-N's steering committee, which was tasked with dealing with legal matters.
She was re-elected as a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan for the second time in Pakistani general election, 2013 on a reserved seat for women. In 2013, Rehman was appointed as the Minister of Information Technology and Telecommunication with the status of minister of state. Dawn reported that Rehman was chosen as the Minister of Information Technology due to her closeness with Finance Minister Ishaq Dar to whom she assisted at the PML-N’s main election cell during 2008 elections and help finalised the list of PML-N potential candidates for 2008 elections. In 2015, Rehman was awarded "GEM-TECH Global Achievers 2015" award by UN Women and the International Telecommunication Union in recognition of her work to empower women through technology.
She had ceased to hold ministerial office in July 2017 when the federal cabinet was disbanded following the resignation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif after Panama Papers case decision. Following the election of Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as Prime Minister of Pakistan in August 2017, she was inducted into the federal cabinet of Abbasi. He was appointed as the Minister of State for Information Technology and Telecommunication.