June 29, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Wife and son of Secretary Health Amir Ashraf Khawaja have got jobs in the health departments in the first year of his tenure. The secretary’s wife has been inducted into the Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University (SZABMU) and his son into the Pakistan Medical Commission. Both of the health establishments fall under his administration. A BS-22 officer, Amir was posted as Secretary, Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination (NHSRC), in May last year. Dr. Shirin Amir, his wife, was inducted in December last year as research associate. She is M.Phil by qualification. Three months after her appointment, she was made part of a project carrying out clinical trials of corona vaccine as co-investigator. According to an insider, she draws Rs400,000 under the head of this project. The salary of Rs80,000 was notified on her appointment letter is in addition.