Zulfi Bukhari

Sayed Zulfikar Abbas Bukhari (born 3 December 1980), also known as Zulfi Bukhari, is a British Pakistani businessman and politician. He currently serves as Special Assistant to Prime Minister Imran Khan in the capacity of a Minister of State in Cabinet.

Sayed Zulfikar Abbas Bukhari

Zulfi Bukhari
Special Assistant to Prime Minister for Overseas Pakistanis & Human Resource Development (Minister of State)
Assumed office
14 September 2018
PresidentArif Alvi
Prime MinisterImran Khan
Preceded byPir Sadaruddin Shah
Chairman of National Tourism Coordination Board
Assumed office
13 March 2019
Prime MinisterImran Khan
Chairman of Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation
Assumed office
14 May 2019
Prime MinisterImran Khan
Personal details
Born (1980-12-03) 3 December 1980
NationalityPakistani, British
Political partyPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

Biography

Sayed Zulfikar Bukhari is a British Pakistani politician and businessman and a very close friend of Prime Minister Imran Khan. He is the producer of Pakistani film Cake which had been selected as Pakistan's entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards but was not nominated. Zulfi Bukhari was ranked No.1 in Hello's top 100 for the year 2020.[1]

Business career

Zulfi Bukhari is a business tycoon and owns a number of properties in UK. He owns a number of companies across UK and Pakistan.

Politics

He is an active member of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and a close aid to the Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan since 2011. Zulfi Bukhari was head of Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan's campaign in NA-53 Islamabad. After the 2018 elections victory, Imran Khan announced his cabinet and Zulfi was appointed as a Minister of State. He holds the following offices:

  1. Special Assistant to PM on Overseas Pakistanis & HRD[2]
  2. Chairman Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation [3]
  3. Chairman of National Tourism Coordination Board [4]

COVID-19

Sayed Zulfikar Bukhari led the major operations to manage the inflows of Overseas Pakistanis. Pakistani diaspora has size greater than 10 million, hence the number of repatriations was one of the highest in the world. Zulfi Bukhari and his team successfully repatriated more than 450,000 Overseas Pakistanis over a period of four months.[5] Special flights of PIA and other airlines were coordinated at subsidised rates to bring Overseas Pakistanis back. Students stuck in China were brought via two special flights gratis.[6] The efforts of SAPM were endorsed by UAE, one of the major country hosting Overseas Pakistanis.[7]

There are allegations against him that he spread COVID-19 in Pakistan through allowing Shia Zaireen from Iran without being Quarantined. However, these are unreliable accusations by people trying to further instigate the Shia-Sunni sectarian divide.[8]

References
  1. https://images.dawn.com/news/1186234/ptis-zulfi-bukhari-is-hello-magazines-hot-100-cover-star
  2. PM Khan appoints Zulfi Bukhari as special assistant on overseas Pakistanis https://www.dawn.com/news/1433678
  3. Zulfi Bukhari appointed chairman of Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation https://www.dawn.com/news/1482263
  4. PM forms board to promote tourism https://www.dawn.com/news/1469951
  5. Pakistan completes ‘99% of repatriation process’ https://tribune.com.pk/story/2257109/pakistan-completes-99-of-repatriation-process
  6. Pakistanis stranded in virus-hit China return as flight operations resume https://www.dawn.com/news/1532229
  7. https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/651119-uae-commends-zulfi-bokhari-for-repatriating-stranded-pakistanis-amid-coronavirus-crisis https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/651119-uae-commends-zulfi-bokhari-for-repatriating-stranded-pakistanis-amid-coronavirus-crisis
  8. "Who brought coronavirus to Pakistan from Iran?". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
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