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Shireen Mazari
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| Minister of Human Rights | |
| In office 20 August 2018 – 10 April 2022 |
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| President | Mamnoon Hussain Arif Alvi |
| Prime Minister | Imran Khan |
| Preceded by | Roshan Khursheed Bharucha (caretaker) |
| Succeeded by | Riaz Hussain Pirzada |
| Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
| In office 13 August 2018 – 29 July 2022 |
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| Succeeded by | Asiya Azeem |
| Constituency | Reserved seat for women |
| In office 1 June 2013 – 31 May 2018 |
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| Constituency | Reserved seat for women |
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| Born | 26 April 1949 Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan |
| Nationality |  Pakistani |
| Children | Imaan Zainab Mazari |
| Residences | Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan |
| Alma mater | London School of Economics Columbia University |
Shireen Mehrunnisa Mazari (Urdu: شیریں مہر النساء مزاری) is a former Pakistani politician who served the Federal Minister for Human Rights, from 20 August 2018 to 10 April 2022. She is the chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Appointment of Chief Election Commissioner and Members of the Election Commission of Pakistan. She has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since August 2018, and served as a chief whip for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. Previously, she was a member of the National Assembly from June 2013 to May 2018.
Mazari studied at the London School of Economics and later received her PhD from Columbia University in political science. Mazari joined Quaid-i-Azam University as an associate professor and went on to head the university's strategic studies department. In 2002, Mazari became the head of the government-funded Institute of Strategic Studies and remained until she was sacked in 2008. In 2009, Mazari became the editor of The Nation.
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Early life and education
Mazari, an ethnic Baloch, is a graduate of the London School of Economics. She received her PhD in political science from Columbia University.
Professional career
In 2008, Government of Pakistan removed Mazari from the post of Director General of The Institute of Strategic Studies where she was due to retire in 2009.
In 2009, Mazari was appointed as the editor of The Nation. She also hosted a weekly television show on the Waqt News. Mazari came under intensive criticism from the Committee to Protect Journalists after she publicly alleged an American journalist to be a CIA spy.
She had been an associate professor at Quaid-i-Azam University and later became chairperson of the university's Department of Defense and Strategic Studies.
Personal life
Shireen is married to Tabish Aitbar Hazir. The couple has a daughter, Imaan Zainab Mazari Hazir and a son Sabeel Hazir.
Political career
Mazari joined the PTI in 2008 In 2009, she was Information Secretary and Spokesperson of PTI.
In 2012, she resigned from PTI where she was the Central Vice President and in charge of Foreign Policy. citing "policy differences and its takeover by corrupt elements" after she was served a show cause notice by PTI for "making unfounded, incorrect, inaccurate and false statements in the media".
She rejoined PTI in 2013.
She was elected as the member of the National Assembly of Pakistan for the first time in 2013 Pakistani general election on the ticket of PTI on reserved seats for women from Punjab.
She was the chief whip of PTI in the National Assembly of Pakistan.
She was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PTI on a seat reserved for women from Punjab in the 2018 Pakistani general election.
On 18 August, Imran Khan formally announced his federal cabinet structure and Mazari was named as Minister for Human Rights. On 20 August 2018, she was sworn in as Federal Minister for Human Rights in the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Imran Khan.
In January 2020, she strongly condemned an attack on Karak temple by a mob of 1,500 local Muslims led by a local Islamic cleric and the supporters of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party.
In May 2022, she was arrested, but released after Islamabad High court ordered her release and called the arrest unlawful.
Resignation
On April 10, 2022, because of the Vote of No Confidence, She resigned from the National Assembly on the orders of Imran Khan. The newly elected Speaker accepted the resignations of eleven members on July 28, 2022, one of them was Shireen Mazari.
After the 09/05 vandalism of Army installations, the beneficiaries of regime change after accusing the PTI members and leadership, carried out mass-scale arrests. Shireen Mazari upon 5 consecutive arrests and bails announced her retirement from active politics. On May 23, 2023, Shireen Mazari made the decision to leave the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party and publicly announced her retirement from active politics seemingly under considerable duress. Mazari cited personal reasons as the basis for her departure from the political arena. But according to some sources Sheeren Mazari left politics as she was forced to leave politics by the PDM government and the Army Establishment.
Works
Books
- Pakistan's security and the nuclear option, Institute of Policy Studies, 1995, 167 p. Co-edited with Tarik Jan et al.
- The Kargil conflict, 1999 : separating fact from fiction, Institute of Policy Studies, 2003, 162 p.
Research papers
- Nuclear safety and terrorism : a case study of India, Institute of Strategic Studies, 2001, 46 p. Co-written with Maria Sultan.
- Pakistan's nuclear doctrine and approach to arms control, Institute of South Asian Studies, 2005, 17 p.
- Islam and the West' dialogue : what achievements? What new effective methods?, ISIS Malaysia, 2008, 16 p.
More Reading
- List of members of the 15th National Assembly of Pakistan
See also
In Spanish: Shireen Mazari para niños
