{{Short description|Pakistani politician and Islamic scholar}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_suffix = MNA | name = Nisar Fatima Zahra | office = Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | term_start = 1985 | term_end = 1988 | party = | relatives = Ahsan Iqbal (son) | death_date = {{Death date and age|1991|9|2|1935|10|14|df=y}} | birth_date = {{Birth date|1935|10|14|df=y}} | spouse = Iqbal Ahmed Chaudhary | birth_name = Fatima Zahra }} '''Nisar Fatima Zahra''' (14 October 1935 – 2 September 1991 in Lahore) was a Pakistani politician and religious scholar who served as a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan. She was daughter of Chaudhry Abdul Rehman Khan from Rehmanabad, Khanqah Dogran.<ref>[http://www.na.gov.pk/uploads/former-members/7th%20National%20Assembly.pdf Members of National Assembly (1985–88)]</ref> She also served as a member of Islamic Ideology Council and played a role in the formation of anti-blasphemy law in the country.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Zeb Babar |first1=Aneela |title=We are All Revolutionaries Here |date=April 24, 2017 |publisher=SAGE Publications |isbn=9789386062505 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uxtBDwAAQBAJ&dq=aapa+Nisar+Fatima&pg=PT12}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=A brief history of the anti-blasphemy laws |url=https://herald.dawn.com/news/1154036 |work=Herald |date=31 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Hand out blinkers for blasphemy law |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/113997/hand-out-blinkers-for-blasphemy-law |work=The Express Tribune |date=February 4, 2011}}</ref>
She founded the ''Apa Nisar Fatima Girls High School'' to promote the cause of girls' education among low-income people. She was married to the late Iqbal Ahmed Chaudhry and had four sons and two daughters. She was the mother of interior minister of Pakistan, Ahsan Iqbal.<ref name="bbc">{{cite news |title=احسن اقبال کون ہیں؟ |url=https://www.bbc.com/urdu/pakistan-50896247 |work=BBC |date=23 December 2019 |language=ur}}</ref>
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Category:Pakistani MNAs 1985–1988 Category:1935 births Category:1991 deaths