Zafar Mirza
Zafar Mirza | |
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Zafar Mirza in 2017 | |
| Special Assistant for Nation Health Services, Regulation and Coordination | |
| In office 23 April 2019 – 29 July 2020 | |
| President | Arif Alvi |
| Prime Minister | Imran Khan |
| Preceded by | Aamir Mehmood Kiani |
| Succeeded by | Faisal Sultan (special assistant to prime minister on Health) |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | AP (2024–present) |
| Other political affiliations | PTI (2019-2024) |
Zafar Mirza is a Pakistani public health professional who served as the special assistant to the prime minister Imran Khan for Health from 2019 to 2020 and minister of state in the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination. He was appointed to this role by then-prime minister Imran Khan on 23 April 2019. He is one of the founding members of Awaam Pakistan political party.
Mirza also worked with the World Health Organization (WHO), having held positions in Geneva and Cairo, including team leader for Public Health, Innovation, and Intellectual Property, and director of Health System Development. He is currently a professor of Health System & Population Health at Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University.