# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sania-nishtar
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:09:19.198Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sania-nishtar"
name: "Sania Nishtar"
slug: "sania-nishtar"
description: "Sania Nishtar SI FRCP, is a Pakistani physician, cardiologist, senator, author and activist who was appointed CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance in 2024. Nishtar previously served as Special Assistant on Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety to the Prime Minister of Pakistan, with the status of Federal Minister, and chairperson Ehsaas Programme. She was elected to the Senate of Pakistan in the 2021 Senate election from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Previously she served in the interim federal cabinet in 2013 overseeing public health, education and science."
tagline: "Pakistani cardiologist, senator, CEO"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sania_Nishtar_at_the_World_Economic_Forum_on_India_2012_(cropped_2).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
birthDate: "1963-02-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.99
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.58045733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/sanianishtar"
    handle:    "sanianishtar"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/sanianishtar/"
    handle:    "sanianishtar"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.sanianishtar.info"
sources:
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    title: "سانيا نشتر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sania Nishtar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sania Nishtar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sania_Nishtar"
    title: "Sania Nishtar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sania_Nishtar"
    title: "Sania Nishtar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sania_Nishtar"
    title: "Sania Nishtar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sania_Nishtar"
    title: "Sania Nishtar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ਸਾਨੀਆ ਨਿਸ਼ਤਰ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ثانیہ نشتر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sania Nishtar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://skr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%DB%81_%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "ثانیہ نشتر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "சானியா நிஷ்தர்"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump