According to some reports, he owned 10 refrigerator wagons that were used to ship fruit and vegetables from the Uzbek SSR to other Soviet Union republics and to bring back manufactured goods.

The first mention of Ziroat Mirziyoyeva appeared in Shavkat Mirziyoyev's official biography only in November 2016, when he became a presidential candidate after Karimov's death.

[10] According to Radio Ozodlik, Mirziyoyeva influences appointments in the Uzbek government, with her power is particularly strong in the Ministry of Health and the pharmaceutical sector.

[10] Mirziyoyeva has a sister Saiyora Hoshimova and a brother Muhammad Hoshimov, who became co-owner of a number of large industrial enterprises during the reign of Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

A few years after his death in a road accident in 2013, Diora married Batyr Rakhimov [ru], one of the richest men in Uzbekistan.