The Second Phase – 1962 Constitution
The second Constitution, proclaimed in 1962 provided for a National Assembly, consisting of 156 indirectly elected Members, including 6 seats for women — 3 each for both wings of the State. These were:
Women Members on Reserved Seats in the National Assembly of Pakistan 1962- 1965
Sr. No. | Name | Constituency |
1 | Begum Roquyya Anwar | East Pakistan |
2 | Begum Serajunnessa Choudhury | East Pakistan |
3 | Begum Shamsun Nahar Mahmood, | East Pakistan |
4 | Begum Mujjeebun Nisa Muhammad Akram | West Pakistan |
5 | Begum Khadeja G. A. Khan | West Pakistan |
6 | Begum Zari Sarfaraz | West Pakistan |
Source: Library of National Assembly of Pakistan Records
In addition to the above six, one woman each managed from both the wings to get herself elected from the general seats through the electoral college of its respective province. These were:
Women Members Elected from General Constituencies in the National Assembly of Pakistan1962- 1965
Sr. No. | Name | Constituency |
1 | Begum Zohra Aziz | Layalpur, West Pakistan |
2 | Begum Hamida Mohammad Ali | Bogra, East Pakistan |
Source: Library of National Assembly of Pakistan Records
However, none of them was ever given any ministerial position or appointed as Parliamentary Secretaries.
The trend of restricting women to mere reserved seats and to no other parliamentary or governmental position was continued in the next Assembly in 1965, created under this Constitution. The six women in the new Assembly were:
Women Members on Reserved Seats in the National Assembly of Pakistan 1965- 1969
Sr. No. | Name | Constituency |
1 | Mrs. Mariam Hashimuddin Ahmad | East Pakistan |
2 | Begum Dolly Azad | East Pakistan |
3 | Begum Razia Faiz | East Pakistan |
4 | Begum Mujjeebun Nisa Muhammad Akram | West Pakistan |
5 | Begum Khadeja G. A. Khan | West Pakistan |
6 | Begum Zari Sarfaraz | West Pakistan |
Source: Library of National Assembly of Pakistan Record