Leadership

The national leadership currently representing PTI are:

Shah Mehmood Qureshi (Vice Chairman)

- Received formal education from Aitchison College, Lahore. Received a Bachelors Degree in History from Forman Christian College.

- Received Law Degree from Cambridge University

Hamid Khan (Senior Vice President)

- Member Pakistan Bar Council - Former President Supreme Court Bar Council - Member of the council that won the case of Chief Justice Iftakhar M Chaudhry - One of the prominent Lawyer's Leader in restoration of judges movement.

Yusuf Malik Gabol (Vice President)

Belongs to a well known political family of Sindh, who have been in politics for four generations since pre partition.

His Grandfather Khan Bahadhur Sardar Allah Bux Khan Gabol was an MLA Bombay legislative Assembly, which governed Sindh at the time. He was also the Deputy Speaker of Sindh, and Mayor of Karachi.

Yusuf is an MBA from London and LLB from London UK, and has been associated with PTI since 1998.

Admiral Jawaid Iqbal (Vice President)

Vice Admiral (Rtd) Pakistan Navy and Former Ambassador; also the PTI Spokesman for military affairs.

Air Marshal (rtd) Shahid Zulfiqar (Vice President)

Born 1945 lahore, commissioned in PAF June 1964 and retired 1998 as Air Marshal. Was MD Shaheen Foundation for 2 years. Masters in Defence studies from Karachi University and MA Strategic studies from Quaid e Azam University. Was asked to be a candidate during 2002 elections from NA 125 and secured 6500 votes. Stayed on with the party as Deputy Secretary General and then acting Secretary General.

Ejaz Ahmad Chaudhary (Vice President & RO South Punjab )

He is B.Sc. Civil Engineering from University of Engineering & Technology (UET), Lahore. He started his political career with Jamat-e-Islami and was Rukan of Jamat-e- he joind Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf.Islami. He is Son-in-Law of formal Ameer-e-Jamat Mian Tufail. By 2004 he left the Jamaat and in 2007 Later he joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf and selected as vice president. He is currently the spokesperson on Religious affairs, also his responsibility is to organize PTI in South Punjab.

Arif Alvi (Secretary General)

1. BDS (Dentistry) from University of Punjab (1970)

2. Master of Science in Prosthodontics from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (1975)

3. Master of Science in Orthodontics from University of Pacific, San Francisco (1984)

4. Dean Faculty of Orthodontics (College of Physicians and Surgeons) (2000–07)

5. Diplomate American Boards of Orthodontics (1995)

6. Professor of Prosthodontics (Honorary) Karachi Medical and Dental College (1996–2005)

Shafqat Mahmood (Central Information Secretary)

1. Masters in Psychology from Government College Lahore. (1970) Also served as lecturer there in 1971.

2. Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University (1981)

3. Masters in Public Policy & Administration from University of Southern California(1987)

4. Awarded Huberts H. Humphery North-South Fellowship by the United States Government (1980)

5. Edward S. Mason Fellow in Public Policy in developing countries by Harvard University. (1980-81)

6. Served as Columnist for Pakistan's The News.

Omar Sarfaraz Cheema (Member CEC)

Profession : Actively involved in Agriculture and livestock & Dairy Services Sector since 1991. He studied Law in Punjab College back in 1990. Currently he holds the position of CEO Livestock and Dairy Services Company.

Mrs. Fauzia Kasuri (Women Wing President and Member ISC )

Bachelor of Arts from Karachi University, St.Joseph's College,Khi.

Graduate School at University of North Carolina, NC, USA.

First Part of the MBA program at UNC, NC.

Currently completing Masters in International Relations, PunjabUniversity.

Sardar Azhar Tariq Khan (Central Finance Secretary and member ISC)

Graduate Peshawar University

Specialized courses - 23 years experience in Investment Banking/Leasing Co.

Zahid Hussain Kazmi (Media Advisor to Chairman )

Spokespersons

As per policy of PTI, a collective of experts is established as spokespersons for that particular field. The following people are the official spokespersons of PTI.

Naeem ul Haque (Spokesperson Finance and Economic affairs)

He has thirty five years experience in banking, finance, corporate sector and law in Pakistan, London and New York. Fully conversant with the investment banking, capital markets and corporate environment in Pakistan, UK and USA. He is an M.A. (English Literature) University of Karachi(1970). Later on he did LL.B. from Sindh Muslim Law College Karachi. (1971) and Certificate in Advanced Banking, American Institute of Bankers, New York. (1977)

Shamsa Ali (Women Development)

She holds an LL.B from S. M. Law College Karachi (1982) and Bachelors of Arts degree from Kinnaird College, Lahore (1966). She is a practicing lawyer. She currently resides on the panel of advocates of Justice Division of the Federal Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary affairs. In March 2002 she was appointed as an expert on the Committee to draft the proposed amendments in the Family Laws of Pakistan by Federal Ministry of Women' Development. She also remained a member executive Lahore High Court Bar between 2005–06 and 2008-09.

She is author of the book The Quranic Society -A Treatise on Women’s Rights, and 6 other research papers on women rights.

Dr. Shireen Mazari (Spokesperson (Advisor) Foreign Affairs)

Shireen M. Mazari, PhD, is a Pakistan political scientist and a prominent geostrategist, currently serving as Director-General of the Foreign Affairs Tank (FAT) of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf. She is currently working as the editor of the daily The Nation newspaper and as the Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf political party. She has also served as the Director General of The Institute of Strategic Studies, a think-tank based in Islamabad and was until recently a regular columnist at the daily The News International. She former served as professor of Military Science at the Quaid-e-Azam University.

Sadaqat Ali Abbassi (Spokesperson for Education)

He holds MS in Economics, MPhil in Economics and an MS degree in Information Technology.

Firdous Naqvi (Spokesperson for Commerce & Industries)

He holds Masters in Highway Design and Materials from University of Michigan Ann Arbor (1981), a Masters in Construction Management, University of Michigan Ann Arbor (1980) and a Bachelor in Civil Engineering (Structure), NED Engineering University Karachi (1979).

He has been Director House of Habib, Karachi since 1984. He was also appointed Director Business Development Makro-Habib Pakistan Ltd, in July 2005. He also remained Senior Director Commercial Makro-Habib Pakistan Ltd, Lahore from Nov.2008 to Feb.2010. He was also Chief Executive of Baluchistan Concrete and Blocks Ltd. between 1984–1998.

Other positions he held include 1. Director Tractebel Khaleej Power, Karachi 1994–1988

2. Projects controller RAPCO Roads, Abu Dhabi 1982- 1984

3. Office Engineer Mergentime Corporation, New Jersey 1979- 1982

Dr. Hamayun Mohmand (Spokesperson Healthcare)

He is a bachelors in Medicine and Surgery from Ayub Medical College Abbottabad, Pakistan.

Dr. Farid Malik (Spokesperson Science and Technology)

He did his Ph.D in Materials Engg. from Union Institute Cincinnati, Ohio in 1988. He also holds an MS in Metallurgical Engg. from University of Arizona, Tucson (1981) and BS in Metallurgical Engg. & Material Science University of Punjab (1976). He also held position of president, Pakistan student association in University of Arizona.

He also held chairmanship of Pakistan Science Foundation from 2002-05. Since 2005 he is Professor Operations Management FCC University Lahore.

Brig (R) Simon Samson Sharaf (Spokesperson Defence productions)

He is a Post Graduate from Quaid e Azam University. He specializes is International Political Economy with sharp focus on Nuclear Policy Making and Security. He also contributed in Nuclear Policy Making and Pakistan's Future War to the Defence Establishment of Pakistan

Currently he is Rector of St. Mary’s College, the first Catholic Higher education Institution in Pakistan and CEO of both Ecotech International Inc. USA and WaterTech Private Limited, Pakistan.