Abdul Hafeez Shaikh

Abdul Hafeez Sheikh (Urdu: عبدالحفیظ شیخ) is a Pakistani economist and politician who served as Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Affairs from 11 December 2020 to 29 March 2021.

Previously, he served as an advisor to Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue from April 2019 to December 2020.

He was removed as Minister of Finance on 29 March 2021, in lieu of heavy public pressure on Imran Khan because of rising inflation.

[5] After his higher education, Shaikh joined the faculty of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he led a research project for his doctoral students.

[6] In 2000, he was made the Provincial Minister of Sindh for Finance and Planning in the military government.

He contested for the 2021 Pakistani Senate election on a general seat from the National Assembly of Pakistan.