PR No. 206 Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs Islamabad: December 27, 2017

Dr. Miftah Ismail earned a BS degree in Economics and Mathematics from Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, USA, and Masters and Doctorate degrees from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania in Public Finance and Political Economy in 1990. He has worked as an Economist at the IMF in Washington.

He is a successful entrepreneur who, before joining politics, used to run Pakistan’s largest confectionery company. He has worked as the Head of Punjab Board of Investment and Trade, the Chairman of Federal Board of Investment, and briefly as Chairman of the Privatization Commission. He has also served as a director of PIA and as chairman of Sui Southern Gas Company.

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