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- ↑ "WHO EMRO | Dr Zafar Mirza, Director, Health Systems and Services Development | Regional director | About WHO". www.emro.who.int.
- ↑ "National Health Emergency Preparedness & Response Network (NHEPRN)". www.nheprn.gov.pk. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
- ↑ "Pakistan's health minister tests positive for COVID-19". Reuters. July 6, 2020 – via www.reuters.com.
- ↑ "Tania Aidrus, Dr Zafar Mirza resign as special assistants to PM over 'criticism'". Dawn. 29 July 2020.
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