Jalil was born in Lahore on 22 February 1944, then part of colonial India, her family were originally from the United Provinces but had settled in Karachi. Her father, Zafarul Ahsan was the deputy commissioner of Lahore at the time of Pakistan independence in 1947, and later he worked as an Indian Civil Service (International Correspondence Schools ) officer
University of Karachi.
Her sister is the Pakistani architect, Yasmeen Lari. Nasreen Jalil was elected to the senate of Pakistan in March 1994 for a six-year term. On January 2006 she became Naib Nazim of Karachi, during the swearing in ceremony Jalil pledged that underdeveloped areas of the city would be developed and also that women"s rights would be safeguarded.
On Senate Election, held on 2 March 2012, Nasreen Jalil is elected as a senator from Sindh.
Nasreen Jalil is currently the deputy convener of Muttahida Qaumi Movement"s (MQM) Coordinate Committee. She is the chairperson of Senate"s Standing Committee on Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics, P&Doctorate and Privatization.
She was member of the Senate Standing Committees and Commerce and on Foreign Affairs, Kashmir Affairs and Northern Affairs and on Health, Social Welfare and special Education and also Chairperson on Functional Committee on Human Rights.
