Pabitra Niraula (Kharel) (Nepali: पवित्रा निरैला खरेल) (born Pabitra Niraula; 3 February 1964)[3] is a Nepali politician and one of only six women MPs to be elected, under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) system in the 2017 elections, to the House of representatives of the federal parliament.
She was born on 3 February 1964 in Damak, Jhapa to Khadga Maya Niraula and her husband Chhabi Lal.
She has also held the post of the secretary of Jhapa District Working Committee of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)(CPN UML) and a nominated member of Jhapa District Development Committee.
[5] According to the understanding that half of all federal parliamentary committees should be led by female parliamentarians, she was elected unopposed to the post.
[7] According to Setopati, She was one of the parliamentary committee chairs who demanded and received new vehicles from the government in June 2019.