Shahid Hafeez Kardar

Last updated
Shahid Hafeez Kardar
16th Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan
In office
September 8, 2010 July 13, 2011
Occupation Economist

Shahid Hafeez Kardar (born 1952) is a Pakistani economist and former provincial finance minister. He served as the 16th Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan from September 2010 to July 2011. [2]

Contents

He was the acting Punjab Minister for Finance, Planning & Development, Excise and Taxation and Industries & Minerals Development from November 1999 to January 2001. [1] [3] Previously, he served as the Vice-Chancellor of Beaconhouse National University in Lahore. [4] [5]

Early life and education

Kardar is the son of former Pakistani Test cricket captain Abdul Hafeez Kardar and belongs to an Arain family of Lahore. [6] He holds an accounting qualification from England and is a graduate of the University of Oxford. [4] His son, Hamza, is married to cricket commentator and sports presenter Zainab Abbas. [7]

Bibliography

References

  1. 1 2 "State Bank of Pakistan". www.sbp.org.pk.
  2. "Country paying the price for fleeting SBP governors".
  3. "PROFILE-Pakistan's Central Bank Governor Shahid Hafiz Kardar". U.S. February 22, 2011 via www.reuters.com.
  4. 1 2 "Beaconhouse National University: Shahid Kardar made new vice chancellor - The Express Tribune". 1 August 2013.
  5. "BNU's new vice chancellor: 'Universities should share top teachers' - The Express Tribune". 8 August 2013.
  6. "PCB chief meets son of Hafeez Kardar". June 2016.
  7. "Pakistani cricket commentator ties knot with Hamza Kardar". Daily Times. 26 November 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2020.