Shahid Hafeez Kardar | |
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| 16th Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan | |
| In office September 8, 2010 –July 13, 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Salim Raza |
| Succeeded by | Yaseen Anwar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1952 (age 73–74) [1] |
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| 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]
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]
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]