Nasreen Jalil

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Nasreen Jalil (22 February 1947 in Lahore) is currently the Naib Nazim of the city of Karachi, Pakistan.

1 Background
2 Early Life and Education
3 Miscellaneous
4 Political career
5 External links

[edit] Background

Her father was the deputy commissioner of Lahore at the time of Partition. Her sister is the Pakistani architect, Yasmeen Lari.

[edit] Early Life and Education

The literary and enlightened family background put her to the Adabistan-e-Soophia Lahore from where she got her primary education. She went to the United Kingdom at a very young age and was educated at the Savernake School of London for her Middle Standard education. After her return to Pakistan, she completed her secondary and higher secondary education in Karachi from 1958 to 1962. She did her Matriculation from PECHS College in 1960 then she joined Home Economics College later on she got admission in Karachi University. Her interest and aptitude for learning the Occidental languages and literatures motivated her to go to Paris in 1963 and learn the French language. she came back to Pakistan after a year, rejoined Karachi University and completed her Honors in English Literature in 1966.

[edit] Miscellaneous

Nasreen Jalil is a dynamic person, who took keen interest in the extra-curricular activities during her academic career and was very active in social welfare activities at the academic institutions she attended and also at the community level. She learned to fly at Aero Club and got her Commercial Pilot License in 1966. She was an instructor of flying at Hong Kong Aero Club. Then she got married and have four children. She has also worked for "Bahboud", a welfare organization in Karachi, since 1970.

Nasreen Jalil is a widely traveled person and has been to the United Kingdom, South Africa, France, the United States, Canada, Saudi Arabia and a number of other countries of Europe, Africa and Far Eastern Regions and academic, excursion, business, political and parliamentary missions.

[edit] Political career

Nasreen Jalil was elected to the senate of Pakistan in March 1994 for a six-year term. She was member of the Senate Standing Committees and Commerce and on Foreign Affairs, Kashmir Affairs and Northern Affairs and on Health, Social Welfare and special Education and also Chairperson on Functional Committee on Human Rights.

She was in Police custody from 1994 to 1997. She spent 6 months in jail and 2-1/2 years under house arrest.