Zulfiqar Mirza is a Sindhi politician of Pakistan affiliated with Pakistan Peoples Party.
Zulfiqar Mirza hails from a Sindhi-speaking Shia political family in Sindh, the Qazis of Sindh. The Qazis of Hyderabad themselves are Sunni but have intermarraiges with the Sindhi Mirza Shia tribe. Dr. Zulfiqar Mirza is married to Dr. Fahmida Mirza who was elected as the first female Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan on March 19, 2008.[1] She is also the first female parliamentary speak
er in the Muslim world. Zulfiqar Mirza is currently member of Provincial Assembly of Sindh and was Home Minister of Sindh till June 2011. He acquired his secondary education at Cadet College Petaro in the late 1960s.President of Pakistan Asif Zardari also attended Cadet College Petaro in 70s. Later he was assigned the portfolio of Jails and prisons.Now he holds the portfolio of Senior Minister for Works , Services and Forest in Sindh cabinet. He is also the member of the board of directors of Mirza Sugar Mills located in District Badin, Sindh.[2]
Zulfiqar Mirza on Sunday, 28th August, 2011, announced his resignation from the government during an emotional press briefing at the Karachi press Club. He added that his earlier ministry post had been changed to Sindh senior minister due to political blackmail
