Elected Member 

Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health (State Minister, 2019–2020)

• Set-up and led internationally appreciated national response to global pandemic of Covid-19

• Led development of National Package of Essential Health Services for Universal Health Coverage (UHC)

•  Extended health insurance to transgender and disable people of Pakistan

Currently, Professor of Health System & Population Health, Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, Islamabad

• Setting-up a first of its kind School of Universal Health Coverage with a mission to align public health education with national needs and UHC

Director Health System Development at WHO EMRO based in Cairo, Egypt (2016–2019)

• Responsible for 22 countries in Middle East, North Africa and Western Asia

Also served as:

• WHO Representative in Islamic Republic of Iran (acting)

• Team leader, Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property at WHO headquarter, Geneva·       Regional Adviser Essential Medicines and Pharmaceutical Policies, WHO EMRO, Cairo

•  Founding National Coordinator, The Network for Consumer Protection in Pakistan (CSO)

Eisenhower fellow (2004); Britannia Scholar (1994). Masters in Public Health (London); Been on the faculty of Boston School of Public Health; Joint faculty of WHO-Harvard Medical School. Trained in psychiatry and have a special interest in mental health care development.

Some important national contributions:

•  Prohibition of Smoking in Enclosed Places and Protection of Non-smokers Health Ordinance, 2002

• The Protection of Breast-feeding and Child Nutrition Ordinance, 2002

• First National Essential Medicines List

• First National Medicine Policy

• Conceptualization of Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan

Number of national and international publications including co-authoring a milestone joint publication by WHO, WTO and WIPO: Promoting Access to Medical Technologies and Innovation – Intersections between Public Health, Intellectual Property and Trade.

Led development of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Development Strategy for Ethiopia

Attended 11 World Health Assemblies; 3 WTO Ministerial Conferences; 2 World Consumer Congresses and presented papers in many global meetings. Travelled to more than 75 countries

Fortnightly op-ed articles on health: News stories for Zafar Mirza – DAWN.COM

Translated a classic work, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey in Urdu