PPP MNA Alizeh Iqbal Haider submits resignation

E-Paper | June 12, 2026

ISLAMABAD: PPP MNA Alizeh Iqbal Haider submitted on Wednesday her resignation from the National Assembly, citing "personal reasons".

Haider, who is the daughter of the late PPP leader and human rights activist Iqbal Haider, became a Member of National Assembly through the Pakistan Peoples Party quota of reserved seats for women.

Haider also served as the spokesperson for Chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.

Her membership in the National Assembly was twice suspended because of her failure to declare her assets in a timely manner, in 2013 and 2014

However, Haider, who describes herself as a human rights activist, has also spoken out strongly in the past about controversial issues, stating that the Hudood and blasphemy laws should be amended.

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Apoorva

Aug 12, 2015 03:47pm

Beautiful

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Qamar

Aug 12, 2015 03:56pm

It is good decision to leave PPP because it is not, and perhaps never been, a truly democratic party. But I also suspect that people leaving PPP now are just jumping off a sinking boat only to ride another boat that can keep them afloat in politics. People with a clear conscience would have left PPP much earlier when they saw Zardari and his cronies looting and destroying the country in a merciless way.

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Zaidi

Aug 12, 2015 04:01pm

Join PTI

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haris

Aug 12, 2015 04:13pm

PPP invested too much on her. Inviting her from abroad, giving her everything what she wanted so as to match her abroad lifestyle and after being acting like another puppet or pageant for past 3 years she finally realizes how smartly she as a person used by PPP elites. At last! self respect took the course.

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Lota

Aug 12, 2015 04:26pm

@Zaidi Why 'lota' from every party should join PTI?

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junaid

Aug 12, 2015 04:28pm

Good. One less ppp member to worry about.

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stranger

Aug 12, 2015 04:40pm

Is she leaving PPP or just assembly seat?

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ABK IND

Aug 12, 2015 04:50pm

@Apoorva even though I agree iit's a serious news

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Goga Nalaik

Aug 12, 2015 04:53pm

If there is one man whose integrity is still intact, it is Faisal Raza Abidi. If he joins PTI then its vote bank may increase tremendously but this probability is less than 1%

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Aug 12, 2015 04:56pm

Point to note: "Her membership in the National Assembly was twice suspended because of her failure to declare her assets in a timely manner, in 2013 and 2014". Seems she struggled like our PM and last president to show she does not own much.

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Harmony-1

Aug 12, 2015 05:03pm

Stating Hudood and blasphemy laws should be changed is not "controversial". It's the right thing to do.

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Mumtaz Baig

Aug 12, 2015 05:54pm

@Qamar PPP and PMLN booth looted the country at their free will. Both these parties must be accounted for in the military courts. I say military courts because the civilian courts to date have sided with the corrupts and thughs.

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mak

Aug 12, 2015 06:26pm

Being spokesperson of BZ must have been onerous, speaking some one else's words can be quite stressful; never mind well done any job will be better, good luck

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syed

Aug 12, 2015 06:38pm

o please don't join PTI, they already got so many culprits who are destroying the party

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Desi

Aug 12, 2015 07:15pm

Good move on her part.

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B.Ally

Aug 12, 2015 07:15pm

Those who leave PPP, they are destined to oblivion.

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Mustafa

Aug 12, 2015 07:17pm

@Harmony-1; 'Stating Hudood and blasphemy laws should be changed is not "controversial". It's the right thing to do.' Controversies are created when different people have different idea of the "right thing to do".

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Naeem Bajwa

Aug 12, 2015 07:27pm

@Qamar Qamar, very rightly said. I hope this nation never forget what Zardari and his party did to Pakistan. They threw us at least 30 years further back.

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Mustafa

Aug 12, 2015 07:37pm

These human rights activists were a part of the Wadera party??? I wonder if they have a different perception of 'human' or a different perception of 'rights' than me.

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sajid ali

Aug 12, 2015 07:47pm

Good riddance! Apart from declaring not her assets for two years, she constantly remained absent from assembly proceedings. People like her are not needed at all in National Assembly.

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Riaz

Aug 12, 2015 08:14pm

Harassment from PPP Leadership?

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Syed Hussain Akbari

Aug 12, 2015 09:01pm

@Qamar There is no party in Pakistan which can be called a democratic party. Or is thete any ?

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Corruption Remover

Aug 12, 2015 10:24pm

Her membership in the National Assembly was twice suspended because of her failure to declare her assets in a timely manner, in 2013 and 2014 It shows what this NA is made of. NAB should investigate her assets. Financial assets that is

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Khan-Haqiqi

Aug 12, 2015 11:46pm

So called human rights activist not declaring her own assets if she is in any western country she will barred from public office for not following the law

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Parvez

Aug 12, 2015 11:59pm

Your father would be proud......

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M Jamal

Aug 13, 2015 12:30am

She is the daughter of Mr Iqbal Haider who supported BB in 80's when her shadow has also left her.When BB was PM,Iqbal sahab used to head 10 central ministries at a time.BB has so much faith in him.A man of integrity which is difficult to find in current lot.Finally Alizeh's battle line for good and evil has come to an end and Alizeh is the winner.

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Cyrus

Aug 13, 2015 03:47am

Declaring assets means they may have to pay back taxes on undeclared income.

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Cyrus

Aug 13, 2015 03:51am

@stranger ... The assembly seat. The PPP does not force anyone to declare their personal income.

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SABER

Aug 13, 2015 04:03am

A human right activist and fail to declare her personal assets, fail to obey the law ? ...

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Warsi

Aug 13, 2015 06:09am

You are karachi daughter and a Mohajir - join MQM

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Muhammad chaudhry

Aug 13, 2015 06:10am

@Zaidi probably she is wise enough not to join a nusance party

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Chewnti Himat

Aug 13, 2015 07:25am

Their notion of human rights are that it's right to take everything away from decent hardworking humans to fill their coffers until they only have their lives left which are then taken away as well.

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amin

Aug 13, 2015 10:40am

good decision ,because ppp is no more a peoples party it is now kleptocratic party

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parveez

Aug 13, 2015 02:14pm

@Goga Nalaik I don't know about this faisal guy. But if he so honest why is he still with PPP. Everyone knows the top brass of the PPP are currupt, so why these people with integrity stay with the PPP.

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Iftikhar Bhutta

Aug 14, 2015 11:25am

She is daughter of great activist and her resignation is in fitness of things .

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