Nadra Panjwani | |
Office: | Provincial Minister of Sindh |
Term Start: | 2007 |
Term End: | 2008 |
Nationality: | Pakistani |
Nadra Panjwani is a Pakistani philanthropist and former caretaker Provincial Minister of Sindh who served in 2007–08 caretaker ministry.[1]
She was born to a business family of Gujarati descent.[2] She is a recipient of the Sitara-i-Imtiaz,[2] the third highest civilian award in Pakistan. In 2004, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf conferred Pakistan's second highest civilian award Hilal-i-Imtiaz to Panjwani for her services in public service.[3]
She is a sponsor of the Zainab Panjwani Memorial Hospital, Panjwani School/College for the Blind and the Dr. Panjwani Centre for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research[4] at the University of Karachi in memory of her father, Dr. Mohammad Hussain Panjwani.[5] [2] She also supports Sindh Madressatul Islam University.[6]