Kashmala Tariq


Kashmala Tariq is a Pakistani politician who is the current Federal Ombudsperson for Protection against Harassment of Women at the Workplaces, in office since February 2018. Previously, she has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2002 to 2013.

Early life and education

She has done Master of Laws from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
She is a lawyer by profession.

Political career

She was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League on a seat reserved for women from Punjab in the 2002 Pakistani general election. During her tenure as Member of the National Assembly, she remained one of the vocal woman legislators.
In 2007, she was elected as the Chairperson of the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians Committee.
She was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-Q on a seat reserved for women from Punjab in the 2008 Pakistani general election.
In February 2018, Tariq was appointed as the Federal Ombudsperson for Protection against Harassment of Women at the Workplaces for a period of four years.
In March 2018, her staff beat up and held journalists from Waqt News, against their will. She accused the journalists for recording an off the record conversation, after which she ordered her staff to forcibly take the journalist’s equipment and delete the recorded discussion.