Shireen Mazari

Shireen Mazari
Minister of Human Rights
In office 20 August 2018 – 10 April 2022
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
Succeeded by	Asiya Azeem
Constituency	Reserved seat for women
In office 1 June 2013 – 31 May 2018
Constituency	Reserved seat for women
Personal details
Born	(1949-04-26) 26 April 1949 (age 75) Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan[1]
Nationality	Pakistani
Children	Imaan Zainab Mazari
Residence(s)	Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan
Alma mater	London School of Economics Columbia University[2]

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.^[2][3]

Mazari studied at the London School of Economics and later received her PhD from Columbia University in political science.^[2] 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.^[2]