PML-N Senator Kalsoom Parveen passes away from coronavirus

Senator Kalsoom Parveen of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has passed away on Monday due to the novel coronavirus.

She was put on a Ventilator for oxygen support on November 28, 2020.

She was elected to the Senate of Pakistan on a reserved seat for women as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q) in the 2003 Senate election.

She ran for the seat of Senate in the 2009 Pakistani Senate election as an independent candidate after she was not given a ticket by PML (Q) and was successfully re-elected. She later joined Balochistan National Party Awami (BNPA).

In January 2015, she quit BNPA to join the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) and also resigned from her seat in the Senate.

She was re-elected to the Senate of Pakistan on a reserved seat for women as a candidate of PML-N in the 2015 Pakistani Senate election.