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Sania Nishtar Appointed Special Advisor To PM

ISLAMABAD: Dr Sania Nishtar has been appointed special advisor to Prime Minister Imran Khan on social protection and poverty alleviation programme, according to an issued notification.

Dr Sania will be considered equivalent to a federal minister.

She is also the chairperson of Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP).

Sania Nishtar is a Pakistani cardiologist, author and activist who has served as an interim federal cabinet in 2013 where she oversaw public health, education and science.

Currently, the Peshawar-born co-chairs WHO’s High-Level Commission on Non-communicable diseases along with the Presidents of Uruguay, Finland and Sri-Lanka.

She is also a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on the future of healthcare.