Miftah Ismail

Miftah Ismail
مفتاح اسماعیل
Ismail in 2014
Secretary-General of Awaam Pakistan
Assumed office
6 July 2024
PresidentShahid Khaqan Abbasi
Preceded byPosition Established
Minister of Finance
In office
19 April 2022 – 27 September 2022
PresidentArif Alvi
Prime MinisterShehbaz Sharif
Preceded byShaukat Tarin
Succeeded byIshaq Dar
In office
27 April 2018 – 31 May 2018
PresidentMamnoon Hussain
Prime MinisterShahid Khaqan Abbasi
Preceded byRana Afzal Khan
Succeeded byShamshad Akhtar (Caretaker)
Minister of State for Finance
In office
27 December 2017 – 27 April 2018
PresidentMamnoon Hussain
Prime MinisterShahid Khaqan Abbasi
Preceded byRana Afzal Khan
Succeeded byShamshad Akhtar (Caretaker)
Chairman of Board of Investment
In office
4 January 2014 – 28 July 2017
PresidentMamnoon Hussain
Prime MinisterNawaz Sharif
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
Personal details
Born (1965-07-23) 23 July 1965 (age 59)
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Political partyAP (2024-present)[1]
Other political
affiliations
PMLN (2011-2023)
Alma materDuquesne University (B.S)
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (Ph.D)[2]

Miftah Ismail (Urdu: مفتاح اسماعیل; born 23 July 1965) is a Pakistani political economist who served as the Federal Minister of Finance from April 2022 to September 2022. He had previously served in the same office, from April 2018 to May 2018 in Khaqan Abbasi's cabinet. Prior to that, he served as the Advisor to the Prime Minister on Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs, chairman of the Pakistan Board of Investment and an economist with the International Monetary Fund.[3][4] He is the current Secretary of the Awaam Pakistan party, a political party he co-founded alongside former Pakistani prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.

  1. ^ Ayub, Imran; Rehman, Atika (21 June 2024). "Miftah Ismail, Khaqan Abbasi launch 'Awaam Pakistan' party". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Tribune was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Wharton Alumni Shine in Pakistan Elections". whartonmagazine.com. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  4. ^ Khan, Sanaullah (26 December 2017). "Miftah Ismail appointed adviser to PM on finance, revenue and economic affairs". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 15 February 2018.