Yasmin Rashid

Dr. Yasmin Rashid
PTI Candidate for NA-120 Secretary General of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Punjab
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 June 2013
Leader	Imran Khan
Preceded by	Position Established
Personal details
Born	Lahore, Pakistan
Nationality	Pakistani
Political party	Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Alma mater	Fatima Jinnah Medical University, FRCOG Royal College of Obstetrics & Gynecology London
Profession	Gynecologist, Politician

Yasmeen Rashid (Urdu: یاسمین راشد ), is a prominet Pakistani politician and a Gynecologist^[1][2] till recentely she has served 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 Lost the election from the constituency NA-120 (Lahore) against the two-time former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.^[3][4] She belongs to a political family formerly associated with the Pakistan Peoples Party; her father-in-law Malik Ghulam Nabi was a close aide of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.^[5][6][7]

Rashid is also an activist and a 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.

QUALIFICATION

• MBBS Fatima Jinnah Medical College Lahore 1978^[8]
• MCPS College of Physician & Surgeons Pakistan 1981
• MRCOG Royal College of Obstetrics & Gynecology London 1984
• FRCOG Royal College of Obstetrics & Gynecology London 1999
• FCPS College of Physician & Surgeons Pakistan 2010

Career

Professional Career

• 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).^[9]
• 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)

Political Career

She is a prominent political representative of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf She joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf to start her political career. She has been with the party for a long time. She fought election in 2013 for National Assembly in Lahore, district NA-120 and lost the elections against then two-time Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

She has served as Secretary General of PTI Punjab^[10]. On July 28, 2017, Nawaz Sharif was disqualified for life by Supreme Court of Pakistan Panama Papers case^[11], after NA-120, seat fell vacant after Supreme Court disqualified Nawaz Sharif^[12] as Prime Minister in Panama Papers case, PTI nominates Dr Yasmeen Rashid^[13] as candidate for NA-120 by-poll, scheduled to be held^[14] on September 17th 2017.

She is also part of

• PTI Core Committee
• PTI Strategy Committee ^[15]
• PTI Central Executive Committee

Philanthropy

Rashid is Secretary General of Thalassaemia Society of Pakistan^[16] established in 1994, setting up the first thalassaemia center in Pakistan. Thalassaemia Society of Pakistan

• Provide the best care and treatment for children with thalassaemia
• Create awareness about thalassaemia
• Prevention through prenatal diagnosis

Rashid is the presidentof Jahandad Society for Community Development^[17] -An NGO that deals with disaster management like floods, earthquakes etc. and works for rescue and rehabilitation of affectees. Jahandad Society for Community Development aims to bring about positive change in Health, Education, and socio-economic status of the underprivileged and marginalized people of Pakistan with particular emphasis on women and children.

Awards and honors

• 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)

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