Farahnaz Ispahani

Who is Farahnaz Ispahani?

Farahnaz Ispahani is a Pakistani politician. She belongs to the Pakistan Peoples Party. She was elected as member of the National Assembly of Pakistan on March 19, 2008 and served until 2012. She is currently the Media Advisor to Co-Chairman PPP, President of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari. She is also PPP International Media Coordinator and chairperson for Pakistan Peoples Party Scholars Wing. She is married to Husain Haqqani, the former Pakistan Ambassador to the United States, and is the granddaughter of Pakistan's first ambassador to the United States, Mirza Abol Hassan Ispahani. Her uncle, Zia Ispahani has also served as a politician and former ambassador for Pakistan. Ispahani was born in Karachi, and grew up in Karachi, Dhaka and London. She graduated from Wellesley College in Massachusetts, majoring in political science.