KARACHI: During an oath-taking ceremony on Thursday which was held at Governor House, Muhammad Zubair was appointed the new governor of Sindh. Zubair is the 32nd governor of Sindh.
He has been appointed to this post because the 79-year-old former governor passed away after suffering from a prolonged illness.
Muhammad Zubair has been appointed to this post as he was picked by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on January 30 to perform the duties as the new governor of Sindh. He has been performing his duties on various capacities and the recent one was being the chairman of Privatisation Commission.
While talking to media, he said that he would like to play a role in the development and improvement of Sindh, especially Karachi.
Zubair is an Institute of Business Administration (IBA) graduate and has been working with IBM for the last 26 years from 1981 to 2007. He has worked in various capacities in Rome, Milan, Paris and Dubai. In 1998, he was appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for IBM Pakistan and was later elevated to CFO IBM Middle East/Africa region in 2004.
After joining PML-N, he was part of the party’s Tax Reforms Media Committee between 2012-2013, and in July 2013, he was appointed Chairman of Board of Investment, where he served until December that year. He was then appointed as Chairman of the Privatisation Commission.
