Saira Afzal Tarar (Urdu: سائرہ افضل تارڑ; born 7 June 1966) is a Pakistani politician who served as Minister for National Health Services Regulation and Coordination, in the Abbasi cabinet from August 2017 to May 2018. She served as the Minister of State for National Health Services Regulation and Coordination from 2013 to 2017. A leader of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), she had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to May 2018, and is currently serving as a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, as a reserve seat candidate.
Saira Afzal Tarar | |||||||||||
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| سائرہ افضل تارڑ | |||||||||||
.jpg) Saira Afzal Tarar in 2014 | |||||||||||
| Minister for National Health Services Regulation and Coordination | |||||||||||
| In office 4 August 2017 – 31 May 2018 | |||||||||||
| President | Mamnoon Hussain | ||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Shahid Khaqan Abbasi | ||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Mohammad Yousuf Shaikh | ||||||||||
| Minister of State for National Health Services Regulation and Coordination | |||||||||||
| In office 7 June 2013 – 28 July 2017 | |||||||||||
| President | Mamnoon Hussain | ||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Nawaz Sharif | ||||||||||
| Preceded by | Sania Nishtar | ||||||||||
| Succeeded by | |||||||||||
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| Assumed office 1 April 2024 | |||||||||||
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| Born | 7 June 1966 Hafizabad, Pakistan | ||||||||||
| Political party | Pakistan Muslim League (N) | ||||||||||
| Relatives | Muhammad Rafiq Tarar (father-in-law) Attaullah Tarar (nephew) Bilal Farooq Tarar (nephew) | ||||||||||
| Awards | Sitara-i-Imtiaz | ||||||||||
Early life edit
She was born on 7 June 1966[1] in Hafizabad, Punjab, Pakistan.[2]
Political career edit
Tarar was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency NA-102 (Hafizabad-I) in 2008 Pakistani general election.[3]
She was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-102 (Hafizabad-I) in 2013 Pakistani general election.[4][5]
In June 2013, she was appointed the Minister of State for Health in the cabinet of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.[6][7][8][9] She had ceased to hold ministerial office in July 2017 when the federal cabinet was disbanded following the disqualification of the then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif after Panama Papers case decision.[10]
Following the election of Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as Prime Minister of Pakistan in August 2017, she was inducted into the federal cabinet of Abbasi.[11][12] She was appointed federal Minister of National Health Services Regulation and Coordination.[13] Upon the dissolution of the National Assembly on the expiration of its term on 31 May 2018, Tarar ceased to hold the office as Federal Minister for National Health Services Regulation and Coordination.[14] In March 2018, she received Sitara-i-Imtiaz for her public service by the President of Pakistan, Mamnoon Hussain.[15]
References edit
- ^ "If elections are held on time…". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- ^ "Profile of Saira Afzal Tarar on pildat.org website". 23 March 2011. Archived from the original on 23 March 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Tarar satisfied with impeachment move". www.thenews.com.pk. Archived from the original on 9 March 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
- ^ "Highest number of women elected on general seats belong to PML-N". DAWN.COM. 17 May 2013. Archived from the original on 9 March 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
- ^ "Number of women candidates not rising". DAWN.COM. 21 April 2013. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
- ^ "Centre of controversy". Herald Magazine. 23 March 2015. Archived from the original on 9 March 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
- ^ "Saira Afzal Tarar sworn in as Minister of State". The Nation (newspaper). 7 June 2013. Archived from the original on 10 February 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- ^ "• Cabinet sworn in • Dar gets finance portfolio, Nisar interior: PML-N keeps faith in old guard". DAWN.COM. 8 June 2013. Archived from the original on 9 March 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
- ^ "MNA made focal person on polio (Saira Afzal Tarar)". Dawn (newspaper). 30 November 2013. Archived from the original on 9 March 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
- ^ "PM Nawaz Sharif steps down; federal cabinet stands dissolved". Daily Pakistan Global. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
- ^ "A 43-member new cabinet sworn in". Associated Press Of Pakistan. 4 August 2017. Archived from the original on 4 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
- ^ "PM Khaqan Abbasi's 43-member cabinet takes oath today". Pakistan Today (newspaper). 4 August 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- ^ Raza, Syed Irfan (5 August 2017). "PM Abbasi's bloated cabinet sworn in". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
- ^ "Notification" (PDF). Cabinet division. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 June 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
- ^ "President Mamnoon confers civil awards on Yaum-i-Pakistan". DAWN.COM. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.