She served as the Member of Parliament for the Titiwangsa constituency in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 2008 until her death in 2011.
Mohd Ghazali Abdullah who was the first Imam of the National Mosque as well as the former Mufti of Perak and her mother Datin Hjh Zainab.
Her husband is Professor Dr Aminuddin Abdul Hamid Karim who is a medical lecturer at National Defence University of Malaysia (UPNM).
In the 2008 general elections, she defeated the Barisan Nasional - UMNO candidate Datuk Aziz Jamaludin Mhd.
She previously contested for the Bukit Gantang seat in the 2004 general elections, losing to the Barisan Nasional candidate, Tan Lian Hoe.