Early life and education
He acquired his early education from [Cadet College Petaro],And then 1 year Muslim College Hyderabad Sindh and 2 Year Federal College Cantt Hyderabad, and completed his MBBS from Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences in 1980. Who is Dr Zulfiqar Mirza?
He enlisted in the Pakistan Army Medical Corps as a captain. He received his training from the Pakistan Military Academy, and later joined Pakistan Navy.He was discharged from the armed forces in 1985 for refusing to vote in the 1984 Pakistani Islamisation programme referendum. Till 1989, he worked for the Pakistan International Airlines.
Mirza arrived in Badin in the early 1980s for business purposes. He set up his Sugarcane mill sugar mill in 1989 there with the help of his childhood friend Asif Ali Zardari, who was the husband of the then Prime Minister of Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, after which he decided to settle in the area.
Due to several cases against him, he spent 12 years away from the public eye during which his wife, Fahmida Mirza, took over his political career in Badin, winning National Assembly seats in 1997,[5]2002,[6] and 2008.[7][4]
Mirza was the Home Minister of Sindh as part of the Pakistan Peoples Party provincial government till June 2011, when he resigned .
Mirza was assigned the portfolio of Jails and Prisons, as well as the portfolio of Senior Minister for Works, Services and Forest in the Sindh cabinet. He remained a member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh, and a member of the PPP Central Executive Committee, and Vice President of PPP (Sindh) till 28 August 2011.[8] He was suspended from the committee in 2015.[9]
He is also a member of the board of directors of Mirza Sugar Mills located in Badin District, Sindh.[10]