Zartaj Gul


Zartaj Gul is a Pakistani politician who is the current Minister of State for Climate Change, in office since 5 October 2018. She has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since August 2018.

Early life and education

Gul hails from North Waziristan, born on 17 October 1984 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and to Wazir Ahmad Zai, chief engineer of WAPDA and belongs to Wazir tribe.
She obtained her early education in her native town Bannu and Miramshah before moving to Lahore with her family. She attended Queen Mary College for her undergraduate studies and then National College of Arts for her postgraduate studies. She did Textile Designing from National College of Arts.
After completing her education, she joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and became a volunteer with Insaf Student Forum in 2005.
She moved to Dera Ghazi Khan after getting married in 2010.

Political career

Gul ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-172 in 2013 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. She received 38,643 votes and lost the seat to Hafiz Abdul Kareem.
She was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PTI from NA-191 in 2018 Pakistani general election. She received 79,817 votes and defeated Awais Leghari.
On 5 October 2018, she was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Imran Khan and was appointed as Minister of State for Climate Change.
In June 2019, Gul was widely criticized for using her position to influence NACTA in the appointment of her sister in the authority. Prime Minister Imran Khan took notice of the situation.The letter she wrote to NACTA for her sister's appointment was withdrawn and the matter was resolved.