Azma Bukhari

Azma Zahid Bukhari is a Pakistani politician who is currently serving as provisional minister for information Punjab. She has been elected as the member of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab since 2002 on seat reserved for women. She is a practising lawyer in the Lahore High Court.

Early life and education

She was born on 18 August 1976 in Faisalabad to the former Justice of Lahore High Court Syed Zahid Hussain Bokhari.
She received her early education from Sheikhupura and earned a Bachelor of Arts from the Punjab University.
She earned Bachelor of Laws in 2001 from Pakistan College of Law and is practicing as a lawyer.

She was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party on a reserved seat for women in the 2002 Pakistani general election.
She was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PPP on a reserved seat for women in the 2008 Pakistani general election.
In February 2013, she joined Pakistan Muslim League .
She was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N on a reserved seat for women in the 2013 Pakistani general election.
She was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N on a reserved seat for women in the 2018 Pakistani general election.
She was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N on a reserved seat for women in the 2024 Pakistani general election.