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{{Use Pakistani English|date=December 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}}

{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Miftah Ismail
|image=

|office=[[Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs Minister of Pakistan|Federal Minister for Finance, Revenue & Economic Affairs]]
|term_start=27 April 2018
|term_end= 31 May 2018
|primeminister=[[Shahid Khaqan Abbasi]]
|president=[[Mamnoon Hussain]]
|deputy=
|predecessor=Himself (adviser)
|successor=[[Shamshad Akhtar]] (caretaker)

|office1=[[Minister of Finance (Pakistan)|Adviser to the Prime Minister for Finance]]
|term_start1= 27 December 2017
|term_end1= 27 April 2018
|deputy1=
|predecessor1=[[Ishaq Dar]]
|successor1=Himself (Federal Minister)
|primeminister1=[[Shahid Khaqan Abbasi]]
|president1=[[Mamnoon Hussain]]

|office2= [[Pakistan Board of Investment|Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Investment]] (Minister of State)
| president2 = [[Mamnoon Hussain]]
|primeminister2=[[Nawaz Sharif]]<br />[[Shahid Khaqan Abbasi]]
|term_start2=4 January 2014
|term_end2=28 July 2017
|predecessor2=
|successor2=

| office3 = [[Punjab Board of Investment and Trade|Head & Vice Chairman Punjab Board of Investment and Trade]]
| term_start3 = 2012
| term_end3 = 2013
| 1blankname3 = Chief Minister & Chairman
| 1namedata3 = [[Shahbaz Sharif]]

|birth_date=
|birth_place=[[Karachi]], [[Pakistan]]
|party=[[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]
|spouse=
|children=
|alma_mater=[[Duquesne University]] (B.S)<br />[[Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania]] (Ph.D)<ref name=Tribune/>|website=|party_election=[[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] (2011-present)
|image name=Miftah Ismail (cropped).jpg
|width=150px
}}

'''Miftah Ismail''' is a [[Pakistani]] politician and [[Political economy|political economist]] who served as Pakistan's [[Minister of Finance (Pakistan)|Minister of Finance]] from April 2018 to May 2018. Prior to that, he served as the Federal Adviser on Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs, chairman of the [[Pakistan Board of Investment]] and an economist with the [[International Monetary Fund]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://whartonmagazine.com/blogs/wharton-alumni-shine-in-pakistan-elections/#sthash.Mg3Y92hS.dpbs|title=Wharton Alumni Shine in Pakistan Elections|website=whartonmagazine.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-02-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1378967|title=Miftah Ismail appointed adviser to PM on finance, revenue and economic affairs|last=Khan|first=Sanaullah|date=2017-12-26|work=DAWN.COM|access-date=2018-02-15|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Early life and career==
Born in [[Karachi]], Ismail received his [[B.S.]] degree from [[Duquesne University]] in business studies in 1985, followed by a [[Ph.D]] degree in [[public finance]] and political economy from the [[Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania|Wharton School]], [[University of Pennsylvania]], in 1990. Ismail worked with the [[International Monetary Fund]] as an economist based in [[Washington, D.C.]] in the early 1990s.<ref name="Tribune">{{Cite web|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1593535/1-miftah-ismail-becomes-finance-adviser|title=Miftah Ismail becomes finance adviser|date=27 December 2017|publisher=The Express Tribune (newspaper)|accessdate=28 December 2017}}</ref>

He returned to Pakistan to work for his family business, [[Ismail Industries Limited]], in 1993. The business includes the manufacturing of confectionery (candies), biscuits, potato chips, and plastics and has an annual revenue of about a quarter billion dollars.<ref name="icap">{{Cite web|url=http://www.icap.org.pk/safaconference/profiles/miftah_ismail.php|title=Dr. Miftah Ismail - ICAP SAFA Conference 2016 (Profile of Miftah Ismail)|website=Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan website|access-date=28 December 2017}}</ref><ref name=TheNewsInternational/>

===Political career===
Ismail joined the [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] in 2011 and served as the head and vice-chairman of [[Punjab Board of Investment and Trade]] from 2012 to 2013.<ref name=icap/>

During the [[2013 Pakistani general election]], Ismail served as a member of the election strategy team and the manifesto committee of Pakistan Muslim League (N).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://whartonmagazine.com/blogs/wharton-alumni-shine-in-pakistan-elections/|title=Wharton Alumni Shine in Pakistan Elections|website=Wharton Magazine (University of Pennsylvania)|date=3 June 2013|access-date=28 December 2017}}</ref> In October 2013, Ismail became a member of the ''Board of Directors'' of [[Pakistan International Airlines]]. In November 2013, he joined the ''Board of Directors'' of [[Sui Southern Gas Company]].<ref name=TheNewsInternational/> Both of these positions he retained until 4 January 2014, when he was appointed as the head of [[Pakistan Board of Investment|Federal Board of Investment]] and was added as a junior member of the Prime Minister [[Nawaz Sharif|Sharif]]'s cabinet.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/68121-dr-miftah-ismail-appointed-as-chairman-boi|title=Dr Miftah Ismail appointed as Chairman Board of Investment|website=Geo News website|date=5 January 2014|access-date=28 December 2017}}</ref><ref name=TheNewsInternational>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/477111-dr-ismail-appointed-new-boi-chairman|title=Dr Ismail appointed new Board of Investment chairman|website=The News International (newspaper)|date=5 January 2014|access-date=28 December 2017}}</ref> Under his leadership the Board of Investment underwent massive restructuring including winding up of its regional offices.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1277775|title=Nawaz orders Board of Investment restructuring; winding up of regional offices|date=16 August 2016|newspaper=Dawn (newspaper)|access-date=28 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/672550/change-in-govt-investment-inflows-could-not-pick-up-pace/|title=Change in government: Investment inflows could not pick up pace - The Express Tribune (newspaper)|date=17 February 2014|access-date=28 December 2017}}</ref> During his tenure at the Board of Investment, the government of Pakistan formulated a new automobile sector policy that has attracted a lot of new investment in the automobile sector.

Ismail has served as adjunct faculty at the Institute of Business Administration and also as chairman of the board at [[Karachi American School]].<ref name=icap/>

After being appointed as one of the key finance advisers to the Prime Minister [[Shahid Khaqan Abbasi]] in December 2017, he stated that one of his top priorities is to help broaden the extremely narrow tax base in Pakistan which would strengthen the overall economy. He said that he would help design an economic policy that gives opportunity to the wealthy Pakistanis abroad to bring back their wealth. In other words, the government was ready to initiate an 'offshore tax amnesty scheme' soon.<ref name=Tribune/><ref name=BR>[https://www.brecorder.com/2017/12/26/389190/miftah-ismail-appointed-as-advisor-to-pm-on-finance-revenue-economic-affairs/ Miftah Ismail appointed as Advisor to Prime Minister on Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs] Business Recorder (business newspaper), Published 26 December 2017, Retrieved 28 December 2017</ref>

On 27 April 2018, Ismail took oath as Federal Minister for Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs in [[Shahid Khaqan Abbasi]]'s cabinet, where he served until 31 May 2018.<ref>{{cite news|title=Miftah Ismail takes oath as new finance minister hours ahead of budget unveiling|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1404196/miftah-ismail-takes-oath-as-new-finance-minister-hours-ahead-of-budget-unveiling|accessdate=28 April 2018|work=Dawn|date=April 27, 2018}}</ref>

== Other activities ==
* [[Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank]] (AIIB), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (since 2017)<ref>[https://www.aiib.org/en/about-aiib/governance/board-governors/index.html Board of Governors] [[Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank]] (AIIB).</ref>
* [[World Bank]], Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (since 2017)<ref>[http://siteresources.worldbank.org/BODINT/Resources/278027-1215526322295/BankGovernors.pdf Board of Governors] [[World Bank]].</ref>

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