Mussarat Ahmed Zeb

Mussarat Ahmed Zeb
Born Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Title Mrs
Known for social entrepreneur
Nationality Pakistani
Residence Swat, Pakistan
Locality Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Offices Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
Occupation Politician
businessperson

Mussarat Ahmed Zeb (born 1950 in Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) is a Pakistani activist-politician and social entrepreneur, and a member of the former royal family of the State of Swat. She is currently a member of the National Assembly representing Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on a reserved seat for women.[1] Mussarat is a royal by marriage; she was married at the age of 14 to Miangul Ahmed Zeb, the son of Miangul Jahan Zeb, Wāli of Swat. She became a widow at the age of 25 when her husband was assassinated in 1986.

Mussarat runs a chain of vocational schools for women, training them in stitching, sewing and embroidery and then employing them.[2][3]

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