Sania Nishtar
- January 9, 2024
- Pakistani Author
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Sania Nishtar |
| Occupation | Pakistani Author |
| Date Of Birth | Feb 16, 1963(1963-02-16) |
| Age | 61 |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Horoscope | Aquarius |
Sania Nishtar Biography
| Name | Sania Nishtar |
| Birthday | Feb 16 |
| Birth Year | 1963 |
| Birth Country | Pakistan |
| Birth Sign | Aquarius |
| Spouse | Ghalib Nishtar |
Sania Nishtar is one of the most popular and richest Pakistani author who was born on February 16, 1963 in Pakistan. Sania Nishtar (Urdu: thnyh NSHTR ) (Born on 16 February 1963) and SI) is a Pakistani doctor, cardiologist, activist, and author. She is currently the Special Assistant on poverty Alleviation and Social Safety to the Prime Minister of Pakistan and has the title of Federal Minister and BISP Chairperson. Prior to that, she was a member of the interim cabinet of the federal government in 2013, which was responsible for public health education, science and health.
Nishtar was chair of her role as chairperson of the World Heart Day campaign in its infancy, and also the “Go Red for Women” campaign in 2004, and also the Expert Panel on Women and Heart Disease from 2007 from 2007 onwards. She was also a an official member of the Ministerial Leadership Initiative for Global Health as well as part of the Working Group on Private Sector in Health Systems created in 2004 by Results for Development and the Rockefeller Foundation.
The program is a 2008, 2012, and 2013 Commitment of the Clinton Global Initiative. She also founded Pakistan’s Health Policy Forum, a civil society policy platform for health experts that has garnered contributions from prominent global health advocates including Seth Berkley, Sir George Alleyne, Mark Dybul, and Naresh Trehan, in addition to many others.
Nishtar’s book Choked Pipes was published by the Oxford University Press in
- The book received reviews in The Lancet, the WHO Bulletin and other periodicals, and was released in several cities. She has also authored the book Chapters, and is a regular op-ed contributor to The News International and the Huffington Post. She has also contributed in the Wall Street Journal and Project Syndicate. She was also editor of the Pakistan Lancet Series, released in 2013.
After many years working as a Cardiologist in the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Sania Nishtar founded Heartfile in 1999. Since then, the organization has grown from a healthcare information-focused NGO to become a healthcare policy research institute that focuses on health system issues.
Sania Nishtar Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Pakistani author |
| House | Living in own house. |
Sania Nishtar is one of the richest Pakistani Author from Pakistan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Sania Nishtar 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Nishtar was a graduate of Khyber Medical College with her Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree in 1986. She was named the named the Best Graduating Student of the year. She is an Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians as well as an PhD at King’s College London. In the year 2019 Kings College London awarded her an honorary Doctorate in Science and Honoris Causa.
Born from Peshawar, Nishtar went to medical school at Khyber Medical College and graduated at the top of her class in 1986. She was admitted to the College of Physicians & Surgeons of Pakistan in 1991 following having completed their residency in Khyber Teaching Hospital. She was accepted into in the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences as cardiologists in 1994. She was with the institute until. The institute was closed down on two sabbaticals, the first time in 1996, to the Guy’s Hospital in London, and then in 1999 to complete the Ph.D in Medicine at the King’s College London, which she was awarded in 2002. She was elected a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 2005. In the year 2019, Kings College London awarded her an honorary Doctorate in Science and Honoris Causa.
In 2007, Nishtar founded Heartfile Health Financing, a program to protect poor patients from medical impoverishment.
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Who is Sania Nishtar Dating?
According to our records, Sania Nishtar married to Ghalib Nishtar. As of December 1, 2023, Sania Nishtar’s is not dating anyone.
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In 2015, Nishtar was the Government of Pakistan’s candidate to succeed António Guterres as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; the post eventually went to Filippo Grandi of Italy.
Facts & Trivia
Sania Ranked on the list of most popular Pakistani author. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Pakistan. Sania Nishtar celebrates birthday on February 16 of every year.
Sania Nishtar was one of the two favorite candidates in the shortlisting election in January 2017, where she secured 28 out of 34 votes. She qualified to be one of the three official nominees by WHO.