Yasmin Rashid

Professor Dr. Yasmeen Rashid (Urdu: پروفیسر ڈاکٹر یاسمین راشد‎) MP
Punjab Secretary General of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Incumbent
Assumed office March 2013
Personal details
Born	Lahore, Pakistan
Political party	Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Alma mater	Fatima Jinnah Medical College
Profession	Politician, Doctor
Religion	Islam

Professor Dr. Yasmeen Rashid (Urdu: پروفیسر ڈاکٹر یاسمین راشد ), is a Pakistani politician and a prominent Gynecologist ^[1][2] who is serving as the Punjab Secretary General of Imran Khan led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. She is currently working as the Professor and Head of the Obstetrics & Gynaecology Department, Central Park medical College, Lahore]. Prior to this, she retired from the Government Service in 2010 as a Professor and Head of the Obstetrics & Gynaecology Department, King Edward Medical University. She unsuccessfully contested election from the constituency NA-120 (Lahore) against the two time former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, where she bagged more than 52,000 votes against his 90,000.^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

Dr. Yasmin Rashid is also an activist and a leading social worker. She is the pioneer of Feto Maternal Medicine in Pakistan and introduced services like Inutero Blood Transfusion, prenatal diagnosis, fetal blood sampling, etc. She has also remined an active sports woman. She remained Pakistan No 2 in Table Tennis and also has university colours in Basketball, Tennis and Swimming.

Education and Medical Experience

She completed her MBBS in 1978 from Fatima Jinnah Medical College, followed by MCPS and FCPS from College of Physicians & Surgeons Pakistan in 1981. She is also a member and fellow at Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists since 1999 and at College of Physicians & Surgeons Pakistan since 2010.^[6]

• Professor & Head of the Obstetrics & Gynaecology Department, Central Park Medical College, Lahore. (since 2013).
• Professor & Head of the Obstetrics & Gynaecology Department, King Edward Medical University, Lahore. (2003-2010 Retirement from Government service).
• Program Manager, Punjab Safe Motherhood Initiative Project (2004-2010)
• Program Manager, Punjab Thalassaemia Prevention Project (2009-2010)
• Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Fatima Jinnah Medical College, Lahore.(1999 – 2003)
• Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Rawalpindi Medical College. Rawalpindi (July 1996 - 1999)
• President, Jahandad Society for Community Development (2001-Feb 2103)
• Patron, Alzheimer’s Pakistan (since 2000)
• Elected Board Member, Alzheimer’s Disease International (since 2009)
• Secretary General, Thalassaemia Society of Pakistan. (since 1994)
• Secretary General, Thalassaemia Federation of Pakistan (since 2004)
• President Pakistan Medical Association Lahore. (2008-2010)
• Chairperson Task Force for Women Development Government of Punjab. (1998-2002)
• Chairperson Committee for Women Health, Social Welfare Department Punjab. (1998-2000)
• President Pakistan Medical Association Centre. (1998-2000)

Projects on Health and Education

• Young Champion Project for Girls Education in Lahore (2009 –to date)
• Establishment of Temporary Learning Centers in District Muzaffargarh (2010 -ongoing)
• Social mobilization on Maternal & Child Health through Community action process(2011 -ongoing)
• Global Health Workforce Alliance & WHO project on Supporting Human Resources Development in Medical Schools in Pakistan (2009 -2011)
• Program Manager, Punjab Safe Motherhood Initiative Project (2004 -2010)
• Project Director, Punjab Thalassaemia Prevention Project (2009 -2010)
• Head of the Advocacy and Social Mobilization for Women’s Health (2004-to date)
• Outreach Program at Skardu District Hospital.(1998-to date)
• National Plan Of Action On Maternal Health (2004)
• Developed the National Plan of Action (NPA) on Maternal Health for the Central Asian State of Turkmenistan.^[8][6]

See also

• Imran Khan

References