Zubaida Jalal Khan
| Zubaida Jalal | |
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| Minister for Education | |
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In office 24 November 2002 – 15 November 2007 |
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| President | Pervez Musharraf |
| Prime Minister |
Zafarullah Jamali Shaukat Aziz |
| Preceded by | Tehmina Daultana |
| Succeeded by | Ahsan Iqbal |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Zubaida Jalal Khan 31 August 1959 Quetta, Balochistan Province, Pakistan |
| Citizenship | Pakistan |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Political party | Pakistan Muslim League |
| Other political affiliations |
Pakistan Muslim League (Q) |
| Children | Chakar Kurd |
| Alma mater | University of Balochistan |
| Occupation | Teacher, social worker |
| Religion | Islam |
Zubaida Jalal (Urdu: زبيدہ جلال خان; born 31 August 1959), is a Pakistani teacher, libertarian, social activist, and politician. After successfully contesting in general elections held in 2002 on a PML(Q) platform, she came in national prominence and public fame as a leading woman minister in the cabinet of Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz. From 2002–07, she was the minister of Minister of Education (MoEd) and unsuccessfully contested for general elections held in 2008 on a PML(Q) platform.
After a five-year brief break from the national politics, she joined the Pakistan Muslim League and but stepped down in favour of Kiran Haider who successfully retained her seat in 2013 general elections, although she retains herself as a woman leader of the Pakistan Muslim League.
Zubaida Jalal Khan was born into a poor family hailing from Mand village located in Kech District area of Balochistan Province of Pakistan, on 31 August 1959. Although, she got her primary education from Quetta where her father was working; she subsequently graduated from a Pakistani-run high school in Kuwait city, Kuwait, as her late father was working there. In 1981, she was admitted at the Balochistan University where she gained her BA degree in English composition in 1985; and MA degree in English literature from the same institution in 1988.
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