Sartaj Aziz

Who is Sartaj Aziz?

Sartaj Aziz, is a Pakistani statesman, and the current head of the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a position named 'National Security and Foreign Affairs Advisor' to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. He is a veteran Pakistan Movement activist, and professor of economics at the Beaconhouse National University. He also served as Finance Minister in a previous term of the Sharif government from 1990-1993 and Finance then Foreign Minister from 1997-1999.

Aziz is noted for driving the Pakistan's national economy on free-market economics principle and initiated the economic liberalization and privatization programmes. In addition, he served as an adviser to the Foreign ministry while he helped implementing the economic policy through Economic Coordination Committee. He is renowned for his peace activism and was the only senior minister opposing the decision of conducting nuclear tests in response to India, but later retraced his position in 2002. As of current, Aziz is serving as the vice-chancellor of the Beaconhouse National University as well as the professor of economics and management sciences.