Syed 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
Born3 December 1980 (age 39)
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.

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. After the 2018 elections victory, Imran Khan announced his cabinet and Zulfi was appointed as a Minister of State. He holds the following offices:

COVID-19

Sayed Zulfikar Bukhari led the major operations to manage the inflows of Overseas Pakistanis. 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.[1]

References
  1. https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/633183-who-brought-coronavirus-to-pakistan-from-iran/
  1. http://www.na.gov.pk/en/assistants_list.php
  2. https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2019/03/13/pm-imran-approves-national-tourism-coordination-board/amp/
  3. https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2019/03/17/govt-appoints-zulfi-as-acting-chairman-of-tourism-board/amp/
  4. https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2019/03/17/govt-appoints-zulfi-as-acting-chairman-of-tourism-board/amp/
  5. https://www.pakpedia.pk/zulfi-bukhari
  6. http://moib.gov.pk/News_Highlights.aspx?Id=7402
  7. http://www.tourism.gov.pk/
  8. https://www.dawn.com/news/1433818
  9. https://www.tribune.com.pk/story/1860386/1-bukhari-admits-uk-citizen-birth/
  10. https://www.dawn.com/news/1482263
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