nationality office fields name workplaces term_start residence article_title citizenship alma_mater
pakistan member of parliament political science shireen mazari shireen mazari institute of strategic studies -lrb- iss -rrb- quaid-i-azam university 11 may 2013 islamabad , islamabad capital territory shireen mazari
 pakistan london school of economics and political science columbia university
shireen mazari

shireen mehrunnisa mazari -lrb- -rrb- is a pakistani political scientist , journalist and a prominent geostrategist , who served as director-general of the foreign affairs tank of the pakistan tehreek-e-insaf until she resigned from that organisation in september 2012 , she again joined the party on 18 march 2013 .
she was appointed central spokesperson of pakistan tehreek-e-insaf .
she was nominated as a member of national assembly on a reserved seat for women by the party , she joined the current parliament on may 2013 .
she has worked as the editor of the daily `` the nation '' newspaper and was the spokesperson on foreign affairs of the pakistan tehreek-e-insaf political party .
she has also served as the director general of the institute of strategic studies , a think-tank based in islamabad and was until recently a regular columnist at the daily `` the news international '' .
she former served as professor of military science at the quaid-e-azam university .
mazari was removed from her position as editor of `` the news '' after charging that journalists and aid workers were operatives for the us government and the cia .
she cites american pressure in these episodes , a charge that both the government and `` the news '' administration deny .
