• MemberHigh-Level Task Force, Ministerial Leadership Initiative for Global Health (MLI). Realizing Rights at the Aspen Institute, Washington (2008 onwards)
• Member, Expert Advisory Panel on Health Promotion. World Health Organization, Geneva (2008-2013)
• Member, Global Agenda Council. World Economic Forum, Geneva (2008 onwards)
• Board Member, Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research.  Geneva (2008 onwards) 
• Member, Evaluation Advisory Committee. Global Alliance for Vaccines Initiative. Geneva (2010 onwards)
• Member. Asia Society Task Force. Pakistan 2020: A Vision for a Better Future and a Roadmap for Getting There. New York (2010)
• Member, the Strategic Advisory Committee (SAC) for Stewardship on Research on Infectious Diseases of Poverty. World Health Organization, Geneva (2009 onwards)
• Member, Consortium on Maximizing Positive Synergies between Health Systems and Global Health Initiatives. World Health Organization,Geneva(2008 onwards) 
• Member, Global Health Policy Advisory Committee. PepsiCo, New York (2009-onwards)
• Member, Board of Trustees, International Union for Health Promotion. Paris (2004­­-to date)
• Member, Director General’s Expert Working Group on R&D and Financing. World Health Organization, Geneva (2008-2009) 
• Member, Director General’s High-Level Task Force on Health Systems. World Health Organization (2008)
• Member, Working Group, Private Sector in Health Systems. Brookings Institute, Results for Development and the Rockefeller Foundation, Washington (2008-2009 )
• Member, Clinton Global Initiative. New York (2007-2008)
• Advisor to the World Health Organization headquarter in Geneva, Switzerland on numerous occasions (2002 to date)
• Advisor, to the World Health Organization, Eastern Mediterranean Office, Cairo on numerous occasions (2005 to-date)
• Chair, International Consortium on Community Health Promotion. International Union for Health Promotion (2004-05)
• Member, Executive Board, International Non-Governmental Coalition Against Tobacco (INGCAT). Geneva (2004-2007)
• Member, Steering Committee, Mega Country Network on Health Promotion Network, World Health Organization, Geneva (2003-2004)
• Chair, Expert Panel on Women and Heart Disease. World Heart Federation (2007 onwards)
• Member, Executive Board. World Heart Federation, Geneva (2003-2006)
• Chairperson, Foundations Advisory Board. World Heart Federation, Geneva (2003-2006)
• Chair,Steering Committee, World Heart Day. World Heart Federation, Geneva(2003-2006)
• Member, Oxford Vision 2020. Oxford (2004)
• Chair, Steering Committee – International ‘Go Red for Women’ campaign (2004)
• Member, World Heart Forum, World Heart Federation, Geneva, Switzerland (2001-to date)
• Council Member, Foundations Council Initiative for Cardiovascular Research in the Developing Countries (IC Health), Geneva, Switzerland (2004-05)
• Member, Programme Committee, Global Forum on Non-Communicable Integrated Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, World Health Organization Global Forum IV (2004)
• Executive Council Member, Eastern Mediterranean Heart Health Network (2000)
• Executive Council Member, SAARC Cardiac Society (2000-2002)
• Faculty Member, Asia Pacific Society of Cardiology (1999)
• Co-coordinator, Pakistan Cardiac Society, Rawalpindi/Islamabad Chapter (1999-2002)
• Chair, Pakistan Cardiac Society Council for Preventive Cardiology (2004)

• Founder and President of Heartfile
• Founder of Pakistan’s Health Policy Forum and think tank
• Council Member, Pakistan Health Policy Council, Ministry of Health (2009 onwards)
• Member of the Board of Directors, Infrastructure Project Development Facility, Ministry of Finance, Pakistan (2006 onwards)
• Member of the Board of Directors, Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (2009-10)
• Member of the Board of Studies for academic programs of computer sciences (Health Informatics) Comsats Institute of Information technology
• Member of the Board of Directors, NayaJeevan, Pakistan (2009)
• Member of the Social Sector Task Force, Planning Commission of Pakistan. (2009)
• Member Committee for the formulation of the Code of Conduct for the Electronic Media. Ministry of Information, Government of Pakistan. (2009)
• Member of the Project Committee: Poverty Reduction Strategy Monitoring. Ministry of Finance, Government of Pakistan. (2009)
• Member National Steering Committee, for the Prevention and Control of Hepatitis in Pakistan. Ministry of Health, Government of Pakistan. (2009)
• Member National Steering Committee, for the Prevention and Control of Blindness in Pakistan. Ministry of Health, Government of Pakistan. (2009)
• Member National Steering Committee, Strengthening Health Information systems in Pakistan. Ministry of Health, Government of Pakistan. (2009)
• Member Steering Committee. Peoples Primary Health Care initiative. Cabinet Division, Government of Pakistan. (2009)
• Chair, Sub Group on Health Financing and Member Working Group, Poverty Reduction. 10th Five Year Plan. Planning Commission, Government of Pakistan. (2009)
• Member oversight committee. Department for International Developments Research and Advocacy Fund (2009)
• Member, Advisory group Leadership in Family Planning and Reproductive Health. David and Lucile Packard Foundation (2007-onwards)
• Member of the Sub-Committee on Health, National Commission on Government Reforms (2006-07)
• Member of the Board of Directors, Trust for Voluntary Organizations (TVO), Pakistan (2005-08)
• Member National Steering Committee, National Health Accounts. Federal Bureau of Statistics. Government of Pakistan (2007-onwards)
• Chair, thematic group on health of the Planning Commission of Pakistan on Health for the Millennium Development Goal Project (2005).

• Developed the first consolidated roadmap for health reform in Pakistan. Choked Pipes. Oxford University Press. Forthcoming 2010.
• Devoted time to lead the process for development of a health policy based on the Gateway Paper’s approach to Health Systems in Pakistan.
• Devoted time to author a preliminary health systems performance assessment for the country entitled ‘The Gateway Paper – Health Systems in Pakistan: a Way Forward.’ Released in 2006
• Devoting time to lead the process and provide strategic help to the Government of NWFP’s Department of Health to develop a Health Policy for NWFP. (2006)
• Devoted time on a pro bono basis to establish and lead Pakistan’s Health Policy Forum – the first health sector think tank within the country. Initiated in 2005 and ongoing
• Devoted time to lead the development of the national document on Health Statistics in collaboration with the Federal Bureau of Statistics. (2007)
• Devoted time on a pro bono basis to set up and institutionalize the National Action Plan on Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases and Health Promotion in Pakistan. 2003.

• Member Editorial Board. BMC Health Services (2009)
• Member Editorial Board. Nature Reviews Cardiology (2009)
• Member, International Advisory Board. Global Forum Health Research Updates. (2008)
• Member, International Advisory Board. Chronic Disease. (2008)
• Member, International Advisory Board. Cardiovascular Disease.
• Member, International Advisory Board. Preventing and Control. Official Journal of the World Heart Federation.
• Member, International Advisory Board. European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation: Official journal of the European Society of Cardiology, 2003
• Joint Editor, Pakistan Heart Journal. Official journal of the Pakistan Cardiac Society.
• Member, International Editorial Board, Indian Heart Journal, 1999-2001.
• Technical Consultant, Journal of Pakistan Medical Research. Official journal of the Pakistan Medical Research Council.

• Chair, Drafting Committee; WHO’s Venice Statement on Global Health Initiatives and Health Systems. Venice, Italy June 2009.
• Member. Bellagio Statement: Attaining Universal health coverage. A research initiative to support evidence based advocacy and policy making. Bellagio, Nov. 2009.
• Member, International Advisory Board, Milan Declaration. Information in Cardiovascular Disease. Milan, Italy; 2004.
• Member, International Advisory Board, Osaka Declaration. Health, Economics and Political Action: Stemming the Global Tide of Cardiovascular Disease. Osaka, Japan; 2001.
• Member, International Advisory Board, Victoria 2000 Declaration. Women, Heart Disease and Stroke. British Columbia, Canada; 2000.
• Member, Advisory Board, Guidelines on the use of HRT. Eastern Mediterranean Heart Health Network, 2001.
• Chair, Heart Disease Prevention Guidelines for South Asia. South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, Official Project, 2000.

• Panelist at the National Defense University Session "Muashee Mustaqbil". Islamabad, January 27, 2010
• Closing plenary, Policy commitment of NWFP government group and their relevance with planning and budgeting instruments. Bhurban August 2009
• Health Policy of Pakistan. National Defense College. March 2009-08-10
• Health Policy of Pakistan. National School of Public Policy, May 11, 2009
• Women leaders as agenda of change. WIBCON 2009. Changing the workplace together. June 4. 2009
• Health Policy of Pakistan. National School of Public Policy, Lahore. September 26, 2008
• Women in Leadership - Personal Experiences. International Islamic University, Islamabad. May 5, 2007
• Directions for Health. National Commission for Government Reforms. Islamabad, February 20, 2007 and Quetta, March 30, 2007
• Pakistan's Health Policy. Administrative Staff College, Lahore. March 26, 2007
• Corruption in the Health Sector. US Anti-Corruption Centre, Marriott, Islamabad, March 13. (2006)
• Women in Leadership - Personal Experiences. International Islamic University, Islamabad. May 5, 2007
• Health Systems in Pakistan - Issues and Challenges
• Aga Khan University, Karachi. February 13, 2007
• Health Financing - the Way Forward in Pakistan
• Pakistan's Health Policy Think Tank's Post-Gateway Deliberations; Marriott, Islamabad. October 2006
• Health Policy in Pakistan - the Way Forward
• Pakistan Administrative Staff College, Lahore. September 2006
• Public-Private Partnerships - Lessons for Pakistan
• Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Islamabad. September 2006
• Health Systems Issues that Impact Child Health and Survival in Pakistan
• Aga Khan University, Karachi. August 2006
• Pharmaceuticals in the Health Sector: Current Situation and Future Directions for Pakistan
• Pakistan's Health Policy Think Tank's Post-Gateway Deliberations; Marriott, Islamabad. August 2006
• The Health and Population Interface: Current Situation and Future Directions for Pakistan
• Pakistan's Health Policy Think Tank's Post-Gateway Deliberations; Holiday Inn Islamabad Hotel, Islamabad. July 2006
• The Public-Private Interface at a Health Systems Level for Improving Child Health Outcomes
  " National Institute of Health, Islamabad. June 2006
• Health Policy - Have we Arrived?
• University of Health Sciences, Lahore. March 2006
• Meeting the MDGs: Quick Impact Initiatives in the Health Sector
• UNDP and Planning Commission Strategy Seminar, Pearl Continental, Karachi. March 2006
• The Health and Technology Interface: Current Situation and Future Directions for Pakistan
• Pakistan's Health Policy Think Tank's Post-Gateway Deliberations; Marriott, Islamabad. March 2006
• Diabetes Control Models in the IDF Region - The NAP-NCD Pakistan Programme
• Diabetes in Asia Conference, Karachi. February 2006
• Health Reform in Pakistan: a Way Forward
• Pakistan's Health Policy Think Tank Launch of the Gateway Paper. Serena, Islamabad. January 2006
• Health Policy Reforms in NWFP
• A series of Post-Gateway Roundtables held in Peshawar at the Health Sector Reform Unit. March 6-October 6, (2006)
• Academic lectures in universities by invitation are in addition to the above.

• Member Council of Deans and Member Scientific Committee. First Global Symposium on Health Systems Research: Promoting Science to Accelerate Universal Health Coverage. World Health Organization, scheduled for 2010.
• Member, Programme Committee of the IDF World Diabetes Congress 2010
• Lead of the Chronic Care track. Third international Conference on improving use of medicines. 2011
• Member, Organizing Committee. HIMSS AsiaPac Conference and Exhibition; Singapore, May 2007
• Member, Organizing Committee and Press Sub-Committee, World Congress of Cardiology; Barcelona, Spain; September 2006
• Member, Scientific Committee, 6th International Conference on Preventive Cardiology; Iguaçu Brazil; May 2005
• Member, Clinical and Public Health Programme committees, Second Women Conference on Heart Disease and Stroke. Atlanta, USA; February 2005
• Member, Programme Committee, World Health Organization’s Global Forum on Non-Communicable Integrated Chronic Disease Prevention and Control. Global Forum IV. Ottawa, Canada; November 2004.
• Member, Scientific Committee, Global Conference on Cardiovascular Clinical Trials. Hong Kong, October 2004
• Chair and Organizer, Workshop on Tobacco Control as part of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention: the Heartfile Experience from Pakistan. World Conference on Tobacco or Health. Helsinki, Finland; August 2003
• Chair. Workshop on the Role of ICT in CVD Prevention. 13th Asia Pacific Congress of Cardiology. Manila, Philippines; October 2001
• Organizer and Host, Workshop on Pakistan’s Heartfile. 5th International Conference on Preventive Cardiology and 4th International Heart Health Conference. Osaka, Japan; (2001)

• Convener, Launching of the Gateway Paper II– Health Indicators of Pakistan. Islamabad, Pakistan; June 26, 2007
• Convener, Launching of the Gateway Paper – Health Systems Reform in Pakistan. Islamabad, Pakistan; January 09, 2006
• Convener, Pakistan’s Health Policy Forum’s Strategic Post-Gateway Policy Roundtables
• Convener, Launching of the National Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases and Health Promotion in Pakistan. Islamabad, Pakistan; April 30, 2003
• Convener, National Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases in Pakistan meetings
• Secretary General, Second National World Heart Day Seminar. Pakistan Cardiac Society in collaboration with the World Heart Federation, The Asia Pacific Society of Cardiology and Heartfile. Islamabad, Pakistan; September 2001
• Convener, First National World Heart Day Seminar. Heartfile in collaboration with the World Heart Federation. Islamabad, Pakistan; September 2000
• Co-Chair, First International Summer Symposium on Preventive Cardiovascular Care in Pakistan. Pakistan Cardiac Society in collaboration with the Asia Pacific Society of Cardiology. Bhurban, Pakistan; June 1998
• Over 35 workshops resourced and organized as part of the projects; launches of books organized

Principal Investigator for Health Policy and Systems Research in the following areas

• Country framework for health systems performance assessment (initiated in 2009). Funding: WHO-led platform to Strengthen Monitoring and Analysis of Country Health Systems (WHO Geneva)
• Health financing strategy centered on pooling funds in an Health Equity Fund and their targeting through a customized web-based platform, integrated with mobile phone technology and assessing its impact on protection against catastrophic spending on health (initiated 2009). Funding: Rockefeller Foundation.
• Policy research to develop the first roadmap for health reform for Pakistan. Findings were published in the two books: 'Choked Pipes: Reforming Pakistan's Mixed Health System' and 'Health Systems in Pakistan-a Way Forward: the Gateway Paper'. The latter was recognized as a blueprint for health reform and provided the basis for formulation of a new national policy for Pakistan. A series of national consultative meetings-the Post-Gateway Roundtables were held to solicit opinion on the strategy articulated therein in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and WHO
• Assessment of corruption in health service delivery. Funding: Asian Development Bank-supported Partnership for Transparency Fund (PTF). Report available at
• Research in the area of priority setting for health systems research; the study aimed at the development of a locally suited priority-setting model. Funding: Global Forum for Health Research, Geneva
• Communications research to assess the impact of social marketing strategies on behaviour change. Funding: Canadian International Development Agency.

• Review of health information systems of Pakistan. Provided pro bono strategic support to the Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS) under a MoU in order to enable the FBS to develop a system to collate data from various sources in Pakistan and to periodically report them as a set of health indicators. The output was a monograph entitled 'Gateway Paper II-Health Indicators of Pakistan'.
• Integrated population-based surveillance system for the 'National Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases and Health Promotion in Pakistan.' Funding: WHO, Geneva.
• Setting up of a Disaster health information system in the aftermath of the October 8, 2005 earthquake (2005). This database system generated regular reports to facilitate the Ministry of Health in its strategic planning with regard to relief efforts in the affected areas.

• Policy research in relation to integration of health and population sectors in Pakistan (2009). Funding: David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Findings published in a special supplement of the Journal of Pakistan Medical Association.

• The National Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases and health promotion in Pakistan was conceptualized, formulated, implemented and evaluated.
• Heartfile-Lodhran CVD Prevention Project, a community demonstration pilot, which aimed to develop sustainable and low-resource-setting-sensitive strategies for prevention of chronic disease. Funding: Department of International Development, UK (2001-2004).
• Heartfile-JC Project, a pilot, which aimed to develop an approach to integrate chronic disease prevention into the work-plan of health providers in the private sector. Funding: European Union-funded Trust for Voluntary Organizations (2003)
• Principal investigator in Pakistan for the WHO PREMISE Study, a global study aimed at developing models for Prevention of Recurrences of Myocardial Infarction and Stroke and was represented on the Technical Committee of the study. Funding and Collaboration: WHO Cardiovascular Disease Unit, Geneva (2001).
• Principal investigator in Pakistan for the WHO Risk Management Package, an international study aimed at testing the suitability of low-resource-setting-sensitive tools for secondary prevention of cardiovascular diseases. Funding and collaboration: WHO Cardiovascular Disease Unit, Geneva. End of project reporting available.
• Principal investigator for the RISKCORN Study: the first case control study to determine risk factors for coronary heart disease in Pakistanis. Collaboration: Guys and St. Thomas', London. Funding: Pakistan Medical Research Council and St Thomas' Hospital, London.
• Investigator in Pakistan for the INTERHEART study, a global study of risk factors in acute myocardial infarction; conducted by McMaster University, Canada.
• Principal investigator in Pakistan for the WHO Global [price of chronic disease medicines] Drug Survey, an international study to assess barriers to the use of medicines for secondary prevention of chronic disease. Funding and collaboration: WHO Cardiovascular Disease Unit, Geneva.