Maryam Nawaz has become 1st woman Chief Minister (CM) of West Punjab in Pakistan
- Maryam Nawaz has become 1st woman Chief Minister (CM) of West Punjab in Pakistan.
- Maryam Nawaz is the daughter of three-time Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
- She said she would now not only represent a political party. She would be a Wazir-e-Ala of the entire Punjab.
- In the elections, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) won 137 seats in the Punjab Assembly.
- Independents backed by former PM Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) won 113 seats.
- In 2017, she was featured in the BBC’s 100 Women list.
- Additionally, she was included in The New York Times list of 11 Powerful Women Around the World for the year 2017.
