Summary

Dr. Shafqat Jawaid Sheikh, basically a Clinician turned out to be a Public Health Specialist with versatile experience of Health and Population sector is presently working as Director General (Technical), Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination at the National level at Islamabad. Having the vast experience as a Health Manager has earlier contributed in the formulation of National Health Policy and subsequently when engaged with Ministry of Population Welfare, played pivotal role to formulate Population Policy and framing Guidelines on all other important Social Sector Issues including reviewing and resetting the National Standards on FP/RH.He is also National Focal Point for World Health Organization on Violence against Women and Children, Persons with Disabilities, Road Safety and Injury Prevention. Technical Expert to the Prime Minister Inspection Commission on Health matters and Focal Person to PM on Health Grievances
National Focal Point on Country Engagement Group for FP 2020, FP Foundation , Washington, USA.
Presently, he is also the member of important National Task Force, Working Group and Technical Advisory Committee at the Federal Level. Among his credentials, he has been Director and Deputy Director General of all public health issues, Medical Education Research, Medical Facilities, Legislation on Health and Reproductive Health. He has also held portfolios of being Director (Population Education, Family Welfare Centers, Clinical Training and Technical Coordination with local and international champions of Health and Population Sector. He has also worked as the National Project Director on Breast Cancer Screening Program under Ministry of Health.

Dr. Shafqat Jawaid Sheikh has tremendous potentials to spearhead National and International issues because he has not only native but also the international exposure and experience. He is also foreign qualified and possesses the Master Degree of Primary Care Health and Management, Doctor of Medicine and among other capacity building courses like Advance level National Health Development Course for the Senior Officers from Tokyo, Japan.