Saira Afzal Tarar Explained

Saira Afzal Tarar
Office:Minister for National Health Services Regulation and Coordination
Term Start:4 August 2017
Term End:31 May 2018
President:Mamnoon Hussain
Primeminister:Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
Successor:Mohammad Yousuf Shaikh
Office1:Minister of State for National Health Services Regulation and Coordination
Term Start1:7 June 2013
Term End1:28 July 2017
President1:Mamnoon Hussain
Primeminister1:Nawaz Sharif
Predecessor1:Sania Nishtar
Office2:Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
Term Start2:17 March 2008
Term End2:31 May 2018
Birth Date:7 June 1966
Birth Place:Hafizabad, Pakistan
Nationality:Pakistani
Party:Pakistan Muslim League (N)
Relatives:Muhammad Rafiq Tarar (father-in-law)
Attaullah Tarar (nephew)
Bilal Farooq Tarar (nephew)
Awards:Sitara-i-Imtiaz
Term Start3:1 April 2024

Saira Afzal Tarar (; 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.

Early life

She was born on 7 June 1966[1] in Hafizabad, Punjab, Pakistan.[2]

Political career

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]

Notes and References

  1. News: If elections are held on time…. 4 December 2017. www.thenews.com.pk. en.
  2. Web site: Profile of Saira Afzal Tarar on pildat.org website. 21 August 2018. 23 March 2011. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20110323125906/http://www.pildat.org/mna/rsDetail.asp?detid=102. 23 March 2011.
  3. News: Tarar satisfied with impeachment move. 8 March 2017. www.thenews.com.pk. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170309061754/https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/129307-tarar-satisfied-with-impeachment-move. 9 March 2017.
  4. News: Highest number of women elected on general seats belong to PML-N. 8 March 2017. DAWN.COM. 17 May 2013. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170309061238/https://www.dawn.com/news/1011759. 9 March 2017.
  5. News: Number of women candidates not rising. 8 March 2017. DAWN.COM. 21 April 2013. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170306033116/https://www.dawn.com/news/1024710. 6 March 2017.
  6. News: Centre of controversy. 8 March 2017. Herald Magazine. 23 March 2015. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170309063815/http://herald.dawn.com/news/1152846/centre-of-controversy. 9 March 2017.
  7. Web site: Saira Afzal Tarar sworn in as Minister of State. The Nation (newspaper). 7 June 2013 . 21 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20140210145811/http://www.nation.com.pk/national/07-Jun-2013/25-member-federal-cabinet-sworn-in. 10 February 2014 .
  8. News: • Cabinet sworn in • Dar gets finance portfolio, Nisar interior: PML-N keeps faith in old guard. 8 March 2017. DAWN.COM. 8 June 2013. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170309061614/https://www.dawn.com/news/1016754/newspaper/newspaper/column. 9 March 2017.
  9. News: MNA made focal person on polio (Saira Afzal Tarar). 8 March 2017. Dawn (newspaper). 30 November 2013. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170309061611/https://www.dawn.com/news/1059491. 9 March 2017.
  10. News: PM Nawaz Sharif steps down; federal cabinet stands dissolved. 28 July 2017. Daily Pakistan Global. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170728114411/https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/pakistan/pm-nawaz-gives-up-his-post-federal-cabinet-stands-dissolved/. 28 July 2017.
  11. News: A 43-member new cabinet sworn in. 4 August 2017. Associated Press Of Pakistan. 4 August 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170804174456/https://www.app.com.pk/a-43-member-new-cabinet-sworn-in/. 4 August 2017.
  12. News: PM Khaqan Abbasi's 43-member cabinet takes oath today. 21 August 2018. Pakistan Today (newspaper). 4 August 2017.
  13. News: Raza. Syed Irfan. PM Abbasi's bloated cabinet sworn in. 5 August 2017. DAWN.COM. 5 August 2017. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170805040859/https://www.dawn.com/news/1349710/pm-abbasis-bloated-cabinet-sworn-in. 5 August 2017.
  14. Web site: Notification . Cabinet division . 1 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180601180526/http://www.cabinet.gov.pk/userfiles1/file/fm-mos-noti-01-06-2018.pdf . 1 June 2018.
  15. News: President Mamnoon confers civil awards on Yaum-i-Pakistan . 21 August 2018 . DAWN.COM . 23 March 2018.