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{{Short description|Pakistani politician}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=August 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name =Saira Afzal Tarar
| image =Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is discussing further extension of Sangla hill interchange with his federal Minister Ch. Berjees Tahir (cropped).jpg
| caption = Saira Afzal Tarar in 2014
|office = [[Ministry of National Health Services Regulation and Coordination (Pakistan)|Minister for National Health Services Regulation and Coordination]]
|term_start = 4 August 2017
|term_end = 31 May 2018
| president =[[Mamnoon Hussain]]
| primeminister = [[Shahid Khaqan Abbasi]]
| successor = Mohammad Yousuf Shaikh
| office1 = [[Ministry of National Health Services Regulation and Coordination (Pakistan)|Minister of State for National Health Services Regulation and Coordination]]
| term_start1 =7 June 2013
| term_end1 = 28 July 2017
| president1 =[[Mamnoon Hussain]]
| primeminister1 =[[Nawaz Sharif]]
| succeeding1 = 
| predecessor1 =[[Sania Nishtar]]
| successor1 = {{Collapsed infobox section begin|Parliamentary positions}}
|office2 = Member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]]
|term_start2 = 17 March 2008
|term_end2 = 31 May 2018
|constituency2 = [[Constituency NA-102|NA-102 (Hafizabad-I)]] {{Collapsed infobox section end}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|6|7|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Hafizabad]], Pakistan
| nationality =Pakistani
| party = [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]
| relations = [[Muhammad Rafiq Tarar]] (father-in-law), [[Attaullah Tarar]] (Nephew)

| awards = [[Sitara-i-Imtiaz]]
}}

'''Saira Afzal Tarar''' ({{Lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|سائرہ افضل تارڑ}}}}; born 7 June 1966) is a [[Pakistani]] politician who served as [[Ministry of National Health Services Regulation and Coordination (Pakistan)|Minister for National Health Services Regulation and Coordination]], in the [[Abbasi cabinet]] from August 2017 to May 2018. She served as the [[Ministry of Health (Pakistan)|Minister of State for National Health Services Regulation and Coordination]] from 2013 to 2017. A leader of [[Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)]], she had been a member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] from 2008 to May 2018.

==Early life==
She was born on 7 June 1966<ref>{{cite news|title=If elections are held on time…|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/404658|access-date=4 December 2017|work=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en}}</ref> in [[Hafizabad]], [[Punjab, Pakistan]].<ref name="pildat1/dob">{{cite web|title=Profile of Saira Afzal Tarar on pildat.org website|url=http://www.pildat.org/mna/rsDetail.asp?detid=102|access-date=21 August 2018|date=23 March 2011|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110323125906/http://www.pildat.org/mna/rsDetail.asp?detid=102|archive-date=23 March 2011}}</ref>

==Political career==
Tarar was elected to the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] as a candidate of [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] (PML-N) from [[Constituency NA-102|Constituency NA-102 (Hafizabad-I)]] in [[2008 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Tarar satisfied with impeachment move|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/129307-tarar-satisfied-with-impeachment-move|access-date=8 March 2017|work=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170309061754/https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/129307-tarar-satisfied-with-impeachment-move|archive-date=9 March 2017}}</ref>

She was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-102 (Hafizabad-I) in [[2013 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Highest number of women elected on general seats belong to PML-N|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1011759|access-date=8 March 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=17 May 2013|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170309061238/https://www.dawn.com/news/1011759|archive-date=9 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Number of women candidates not rising|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1024710|access-date=8 March 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=21 April 2013|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306033116/https://www.dawn.com/news/1024710|archive-date=6 March 2017}}</ref>

In June 2013, she was appointed as the [[Ministry of Health (Pakistan)|Minister of State for Health]] in the [[Cabinet of Pakistan|cabinet]] of [[Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Centre of controversy|url=http://herald.dawn.com/news/1152846/centre-of-controversy|access-date=8 March 2017|work=Herald Magazine|date=23 March 2015|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170309063815/http://herald.dawn.com/news/1152846/centre-of-controversy|archive-date=9 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nation.com.pk/national/07-Jun-2013/25-member-federal-cabinet-sworn-in | title=Saira Afzal Tarar sworn in as Minister of State|publisher=The Nation (newspaper)| date=7 June 2013 | access-date=21 August 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140210145811/http://www.nation.com.pk/national/07-Jun-2013/25-member-federal-cabinet-sworn-in| archive-date=10 February 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=• Cabinet sworn in • Dar gets finance portfolio, Nisar interior: PML-N keeps faith in old guard|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1016754/newspaper/newspaper/column|access-date=8 March 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=8 June 2013|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170309061614/https://www.dawn.com/news/1016754/newspaper/newspaper/column|archive-date=9 March 2017}}</ref><ref name=Dawn1>{{cite news|title=MNA made focal person on polio (Saira Afzal Tarar)|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1059491|access-date=8 March 2017|work=Dawn (newspaper)|date=30 November 2013|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170309061611/https://www.dawn.com/news/1059491|archive-date=9 March 2017}}</ref> She had ceased to hold ministerial office in July 2017 when the federal cabinet was disbanded following the resignation of Prime Minister [[Nawaz Sharif]] after [[Panama Papers case (Pakistan)|Panama Papers case]] decision.<ref>{{cite news|title=PM Nawaz Sharif steps down; federal cabinet stands dissolved|url=https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/pakistan/pm-nawaz-gives-up-his-post-federal-cabinet-stands-dissolved/|access-date=28 July 2017|work=Daily Pakistan Global|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728114411/https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/pakistan/pm-nawaz-gives-up-his-post-federal-cabinet-stands-dissolved/|archive-date=28 July 2017}}</ref>

Following the election of [[Shahid Khaqan Abbasi]] as Prime Minister of Pakistan in August 2017, she was inducted into the federal cabinet of [[Abbasi ministry|Abbasi]].<ref name="app/4aug2017">{{cite news|title=A 43-member new cabinet sworn in|url=https://www.app.com.pk/a-43-member-new-cabinet-sworn-in/|access-date=4 August 2017|work=Associated Press Of Pakistan|date=4 August 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804174456/https://www.app.com.pk/a-43-member-new-cabinet-sworn-in/|archive-date=4 August 2017}}</ref><ref name=PakistanToday>{{cite news|title=PM Khaqan Abbasi’s 43-member cabinet takes oath today|url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/08/04/new-federal-cabinet-ministers-take-oath-today/|access-date=21 August 2018|publisher=Pakistan Today (newspaper)|date=4 August 2017}}</ref> She was appointed as federal Minister of National Health Services Regulation and Coordination.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Raza|first1=Syed Irfan|title=PM Abbasi’s bloated cabinet sworn in|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1349710/pm-abbasis-bloated-cabinet-sworn-in|access-date=5 August 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=5 August 2017|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805040859/https://www.dawn.com/news/1349710/pm-abbasis-bloated-cabinet-sworn-in|archive-date=5 August 2017}}</ref> Upon the dissolution of the National Assembly on the expiration of its term on 31 May 2018, Tarar ceased to hold the office as Federal Minister for National Health Services Regulation and Coordination.<ref>{{cite web |title=Notification |url=http://www.cabinet.gov.pk/userfiles1/file/fm-mos-noti-01-06-2018.pdf |publisher=Cabinet division |access-date=1 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180601180526/http://www.cabinet.gov.pk/userfiles1/file/fm-mos-noti-01-06-2018.pdf |archive-date=1 June 2018}}</ref> In March 2018, she received [[Sitara-i-Imtiaz]] for her public service by the [[President of Pakistan]], [[Mamnoon Hussain]].<ref>{{cite news |title=President Mamnoon confers civil awards on Yaum-i-Pakistan |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1397075 |access-date=21 August 2018 |work=DAWN.COM |date=23 March 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Sharif III Cabinet}}
{{Abbasi Cabinet}}

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Saira Afzal Tarar - Revision history

->Peaceray: Reverting edit(s) by 182.186.54.105 (talk) to rev. 1027460657 by Ser Amantio di Nicolao: Reverting good faith edits: the source specifically says "Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has resigned". Plus the grammar that you used is improper. (RW 16.1)