Bushra Gohar

Bushra Gohar
Born	5 May 1961 Swabi
Residence	Islamabad
Nationality	Pakistani
Other names	BG
Alma mater	Wilmington University University of Peshawar University of Pennsylvania

Bushra Gohar (Pashto:بشرا ګوهر; born 5 May 1961), is a Pakistani liberal politician and development practitioner who serves as the senior vice-president of the Awami National Party and was the Member of the National Assembly between 2008 and 2013.

Born in Swabi to a Pashtun family, Gohar studied economics at the University of Peshawar and moved to the United States where she received master's degree in human resource management from the Wilmington University in 1991 followed by a postgraduate certificate in South Asian Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. On return to Pakistan, she worked as a consultant with UNDP, USAID and UK-AID. In 2000, Gohar became the member of the National Commission on the Status of Women, a position she retained until 2003.

Bushra Gohar is the Central Vice President of the Awami National Party (ANP), Pakistan and was elected as a Member of Parliament on reserved seats for women in the Pakistan’s 2008 National elections. She was Selected as the chair of the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Women’s Development in 2009 and is a member of the Working Council of the Women Parliamentary Caucus. She was also a member of the National Assembly’s Standing Committees on Finance and Revenue and Interior.

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