Shireen Mazari
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Shireen Mazari MNA |
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| Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
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Assumed office 1 June 2013 |
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| President | Mamnoon Hussain |
| Prime Minister | Nawaz Sharif |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Pakistan |
| Political party | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf |
| Alma mater |
London School of Economics Columbia University |
Shireen Mehrunnisa Mazari (Urdu: شیرین مہرالنساء مزاری) is a Pakistani politician who is currently a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan and serves as a chief whip for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
Mazari studied at the London School of Economics and later received her PhD from Columbia University in political science. Mazari joined Quaid-e-Azam University as an associate professor and later moved to head the university's strategic studies department. Mazari became the head of the government-funded The Institute of Strategic Studies and remained until she was sacked in 2008. In 2009, Mazari became the editor of the The Nation.
Mazari joined the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in 2008. She was elected to the National Assembly in 2013 from Punjab.
Mazari is a graduate of the London School of Economics. She received her PhD in Political science from Columbia University.
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.
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