Amidst the news of the formation of a coalition government in Pakistan following a political crisis, an important question of women’s political participation and representation in Pakistan’s elections, both as candidates and voters, has been raised. Among a thousand candidates vying for a seat in the recent general elections resulting in a hung parliament, a few hundred women chose to challenge the system and gender stereotypes and fought the elections amidst allegations of pre-poll rigging, violence, ballot box snatching, vandalism, and gunfire. In the election that concluded, out of the 266 seats in the National Assembly, or the lower house of parliament, 70 seats were reserved for women and minorities