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Pakistani-born Mehreen Saeed Faruqi is the first Muslim woman to be elected to parliament in Australia.
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In , she migrated to Australia with husband and son and earned a PhD in Environmental Engineering.
In , Dr Faruqi was elected as a Greens Party MP in the New South Wales (NSW) Legislative Council. She has recently been in the news for her project ‘Love Letters to Mehreen’ which uses humour to fight back the barrage of abuse sent her way by Internet trolls.
Dawn caught up with Dr Faruqi at a recent conference in Islamabad.
Q: How did you become interested in pursuing a career in politics?
A: I think of politics as more of a public service and a calling rather than a career.
I had a wonderful year career as a civil and environmental engineer working in a variety of roles, including consultancy, academia and local government management. But like most Pakistanis, cricket and politics were always a part of my life growing up in Lahore and my journey to New South Wales parliamen