Marriyum Aurangzeb

Marriyum Aurangzeb
Senior Minister of Punjab
Assumed office
6 March 2024
GovernorMuhammad Baligh Ur Rehman
Sardar Saleem Haider Khan
Chief MinisterMaryam Nawaz
Preceded byMian Aslam Iqbal
Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage
In office
18 April 2022 – 10 August 2023
PresidentArif Alvi
Prime MinisterShehbaz Sharif
Preceded byFawad Chaudhry
Succeeded byMurtaza Solangi (as Minister of Information and Broadcasting)
Jamal Shah (as Minister of National Heritage and Culture)
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
13 August 2018 – 10 August 2023
ConstituencyReserved seat for women
In office
3 June 2013 – 31 May 2018
ConstituencyReserved seat for women
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting
In office
27 April 2018 – 31 May 2018
PresidentMamnoon Hussain
Prime MinisterShahid Khaqan Abbasi
Succeeded bySyed Ali Zafar
Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, National History and Literary Heritage
In office
4 August 2017 – 27 April 2018
PresidentMamnoon Hussain
Prime MinisterShahid Khaqan Abbasi
In office
31 October 2016 – 28 July 2017
PresidentMamnoon Hussain
Prime MinisterNawaz Sharif
Personal details
Born (1980-07-16) 16 July 1980 (age 44)
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Political partyPakistan Muslim League (N) (2013-present)
ParentTahira Aurangzeb (mother)
RelativesNajma Hameed (aunt)[1]

Marriyum Aurangzeb (Urdu: مریم اورنگزیب) is a Pakistani politician who currently serves as Senior Minister in the Government of Punjab, in office since March 2024.

Previously, she was a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan twice and served as the Federal Minister of Information & Broadcasting twice first in the Abbasi ministry from April 2018 to May 2018 and then in the Shehbaz Sharif ministry from April 2022 to August 2023. She also served as Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, twice, first from October 2016 to July 2017 in the third Sharif ministry and then from August 2017 to April 2018 in the Abbasi ministry.

She was elected as a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab on 23 February 2024 and was inducted into the provincial Punjab cabinet of Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz as Senior Minister with various portfolio.

  1. ^ "Najma Hameed passes away". The Nation. 3 December 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2024.