Zartaj Gul
Zartaj Gul (Pashto, ) is a Pakistani politician who served as Minister of State for Climate Change, in Imran Khan ministry between 5 October, 2018 and 10 April, 2022 after Imran Khan was ousted by No-confidence motion against Imran Khan. She remained a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan between August 2018, and 14, April 2022. Early life and education. Gul hails from North Waziristan, born on 17 October 1984 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa<ref name="tribune/6may2013"></ref> to Ahmad Wazir, chief engineer of WAPDA and belongs to Wazir tribe.<ref name="tribune/13aug2018"></ref> She obtained her early education in her  native town Bannu and Miramshah before moving to Lahore with her family. She attended Queen Mary College for her undergraduate studies and then National College of Arts for her postgraduate studies. She did Textile Designing from National College of Arts. After completing her education, she joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)<ref name="geo/2aug2018"></ref> and became a volunteer with Insaf Student Forum (ISF) in 2005. She moved to Dera Ghazi Khan after getting married in 2010. Political career. Gul ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-172 (Dera Ghazi Khan-II ) in 2013 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. She received 38,643 against 49,142 votes of Hafiz Abdul Kareemand lost the seat. She was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PTI from NA-191 (Dera Ghazi Khan-III) in 2018 Pakistani general election. She received 79,817 votes and defeated Awais Leghari. On 5 October 2018, she was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Imran Khan and was appointed as Minister of State for Climate Change. Controversy. In June 2019, Gul was criticized by the media for allegedly using her position to influence NACTA in the appointment of  her sister in the authority. Prime Minister Imran Khan took notice of the situation. However, NACTA clarified that appointment of Zartaj Gul was totally based on merit and there was no nepotism involved in the case.