{{Short description|Pakistani politician (born 1965)}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Rahat Jamali | honorific_suffix = | office = Member of the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan | term_start = 1 June 2013 | term_end = 31 May 2018 | constituency = PB-26 Jaffarabad-II | office1 = Member of the Senate of Pakistan | term_start1 = 2024 | term_end1 = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|3|10|df=y}} | birth_place = Usta Muhammad, Balochistan, Pakistan | party = BAP (2025-present) | other_party = PMLN (2024-2025)<br>PPP (2020-2024)<br>PMLN (2013-2018) | relations = Jamali family }}
'''Rahat Faiq Jamali''' ({{Langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|راحت جمالی}}}}; born 10 March 1965) is a Pakistani politician who was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan, from June 2013 to May 2018.
==Early life and education== Jamali was born on 10 March 1965 in Usta Mohammad, Balochistan, Pakistan.<ref name="profile/pabaloch">{{cite web|title=Profile|url=http://www.pabalochistan.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/27/448|website=www.pabalochistan.gov.pk|publisher=Provincial Assembly of Balochistan|accessdate=12 January 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160825020925/http://www.pabalochistan.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/27/448|archivedate=25 August 2016}}</ref>
She has done Master of Arts in Urdu from the University of Balochistan.<ref name="profile/pabaloch" />
She is sister of Jan Muhammad Jamali.<ref name="profile/pabaloch" />
==Political career==
She was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) from constituency PB-26 Jaffarabad-II in the 2013 Pakistani general election.<ref>{{cite news|title=Poll results suggest victory for Baloch nationalists|url=https://nation.com.pk/13-May-2013/poll-results-suggest-victory-for-baloch-nationalists|accessdate=20 March 2018|work=The Nation|date=13 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Only 6 of 150 women candidates win NA seats: Report - The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/550191/only-6-of-150-women-candidates-win-na-seats-report/|accessdate=12 January 2018|work=The Express Tribune|date=16 May 2013|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131210010849/http://tribune.com.pk/story/550191/only-6-of-150-women-candidates-win-na-seats-report/|archivedate=10 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Ali|first1=Kalbe|title=Highest number of women elected on general seats belong to PML-N|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1011759|accessdate=12 January 2018|work=DAWN.COM|date=17 May 2013|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170309061238/https://www.dawn.com/news/1011759|archivedate=9 March 2017}}</ref> She had secured 12,521 votes.<ref>{{cite news|title=16 female politicians muscle their way into NA, PAs on general seats|url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/05/16/16-female-politicians-muscle-their-way-into-na-pas-on-general-seats/|accessdate=12 January 2018|work=www.pakistantoday.com.pk|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180112042558/https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/05/16/16-female-politicians-muscle-their-way-into-na-pas-on-general-seats/|archivedate=12 January 2018}}</ref>
In September 2017, she was appointed as Provincial Minister of Balochistan for Labour in the cabinet of Chief Minister Nawab Sanaullah Khan Zehri,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Correspondent|first1=The Newspaper's Staff|title=Woman inducted into Balochistan cabinet as minister|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1358375|accessdate=12 January 2018|work=DAWN.COM|date=18 September 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929014417/https://www.dawn.com/news/1358375|archivedate=29 September 2017}}</ref> where she remained until resigning in January 2018.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Shah|first1=Syed Ali|title=Another blow to Balochistan govt as minister, adviser to CM resign|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1380960|accessdate=12 January 2018|work=DAWN.COM|date=5 January 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106215735/https://www.dawn.com/news/1380960|archivedate=6 January 2018}}</ref>
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