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Thursday, June 06, 2013

No seats left: Fauzia Kasuri quits PTI


Mumkin by zemvideos By Web Desk Published: June 5, 2013 Fauzia Kasuri. PHOTO: WASEEM NIAZ Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fauzia Kasuri announced on Wednesday that she was leaving her party, Express News reported. Kasuri, while addressing a press conference in Islamabad, claimed that Imran Khan has been cornered by the “mafia”. The disgruntled former PTI leader was in talks with the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) as to how and when she should join the party. Kasuri, fourth in PTI’s pecking order of women candidates for reserved seats in the National Assembly, could not get a place in the lower house. Nomination tickets for reserved seats for women in the National Assembly were given based on relations instead of merit, Kasuri claimed. She also called out the party for giving a ticket to PTI leader Hamid Khan, despite him having dual nationality. Kasuri added that she has been contacted by PML-N, Jamaat-e-Islami, and Tahirul Qadri. ================= Fauzia Kasuri From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Fauzia Kasuri فوزیہ قصوری Personal details Born 8 September 1952 (age 60)[1][2] Karachi, Pakistan Spouse(s) Danial Kasuri [3] Residence Islamabad, Pakistan [1][2] Alma mater University of North Carolina St. Joseph's College[4] Occupation Politician Religion Islam Fauzia Kasuri (Urdu: فوزیہ قصوری‎, born 8 September 1952) is a Pakistani politician and was one of the central figures of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. Contents [hide] 1 Career 1.1 Resignation from PTI 2 Personal life and education 3 See also 4 References Career[edit] Kasuri worked with Imran Khan to help raise money for the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre.[3] On 26 July 2011, she helped launch a women's wing of PTI in the United States.[5] She currently lives in Islamabad. Kasuri presided over the women's wing of PTI until 20 March 2013. She was disqualified from PTI elections for having dual nationality of Pakistan and the United States.[6][7][8] She renounced her U.S. citizenship on 22 March 2013.[9][10] Resignation from PTI[edit] She had voiced several complains against her party regarding her rank on priority list of reserved seats for women, in which her rank was below Dr. Shireen Mazari, Dr. Munaza Hassan and Ayla Malik, when PTI only won 10 seats from Punjab only the top two went to the parliament on reserved seats causing Kasuri to lash out on PTI leadership she soon announced that she will leave PTI and join another party.[11] Personal life and education[edit] Kasuri holds a bachelor of arts from Karachi University, master of business administration from the University of North Carolina and a master of international affairs from Punjab University. Her husband is the executive director of Beaconhouse National University, she is a relative of former Foreign Minister and Senior PTI Member Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri.[citation needed] Politics portal Imran Khan 1.^ a b Fauzia Kasuri Pakistan Leaders Online Accessed may 9, 2012 2.^ a b Fauzia Kasuri Pakistan Herald. Accessed May 9, 2012 3.^ a b Daily Times. Tipper, Gore donate to Imran’s hospital "The event at $150 a plate was organised by Mrs Fauzia Kasuri, wife of Danial Kasuri, executive director of the Beaconhouse School system in Pakistan" May 17, 2004. Accessed May 9, 2012 4.^ Fauzia Kasuri on OnePakistan.com Accessed May 9, 2012 5.^ Chaudhry, Hussnain "Fauzia Kasuri Launches The First Women Wing of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf In North America" TRCB News. July 30, 2011. Accessed June 1, 2012. 6.^ http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/03/21/city/lahore/fauzia-kasuri-disqualified-from-pti-elections-2/ 7.^ http://www.thenewstribe.com/2013/03/21/fauzia-kasuri-eliminated-from-pti-intra-party-polls-over-dual-nationality-of-us/ 8.^ Gishkori, Zahid. "PM contempt: PTI to launch Mashaal Tsunami" The Express Tribune. "PTI Women Wing President Fauzia Kasuri and party leader Sardar Azhar Tariq will lead the rally." May 5, 2012 Accessed May 9, 2012. 9.^ "Fauzia Kasuri (PTI) will surrender her US citizenship to contest general Elections". Awaz Today. 2013-03-21. Retrieved 2013-03-25. 10.^ Qadeer, Yasir (2013-03-22). "Fauzia Kasuri surrenders her US Nationality for Pakistan". Tehreek-e-Insaf. Retrieved 2013-03-25. 11.^ http://www.aaj.tv/2013/06/fauzia-kasuri-angry-at-imran-khan-planning-to-leave-pti/ This article about a Pakistani politician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. ==================================

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