Vasim Aon Jafarey was a Pakistani civil servant who served as the ninth Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan.
[1][2] Jafarey was born in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh.
Jafarey was among the first batch of the Civil Service of Pakistan.
During his career, he served as Secretary of Commerce, Planning, and Industries; Ambassador to Brussels; Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan; Chairman of the Banking Islamization Commission; Executive Assistant to President Ghulam Ishaq Khan; and Advisor on Finance with the rank of federal minister to Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto during her two terms.
[3] After the 1988 general elections, Jafarey was appointed as an advisor to Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto by the establishment, along with President Ghulam Ishaq Khan and Foreign Minister Sahibzada Yaqub Ali Khan.