{"componentChunkName":"component---src-pages-about-js","path":"/about/","result":{"data":{"allContentfulAboutUs":{"edges":[{"node":{"arifAlviLogo":[{"file":{"url":"//images.ctfassets.net/ujijlmu5eglf/4QA0X4hpysG22EqdTjZdWd/bb06a1129449c00613dfd2d998902e99/aboutUs.pres.png"}}],"body":{"json":{"data":{},"content":[{"data":{},"content":[{"data":{},"marks":[],"value":"Dr. Arif Alvi was sworn in as the 13th President of Islamic Republic of Pakistan on 9th September 2018.","nodeType":"text"}],"nodeType":"paragraph"},{"data":{},"content":[{"data":{},"marks":[],"value":"","nodeType":"text"}],"nodeType":"paragraph"},{"data":{},"content":[{"data":{},"marks":[],"value":"","nodeType":"text"}],"nodeType":"paragraph"},{"data":{},"content":[{"data":{},"marks":[],"value":"Dr. Arif Alvi was born in 1949 and completed his early education in \nKarachi. He did his Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) from De’ \nMontmorency College of Dentistry, Lahore where he was declared the “Best\n Graduate”. He completed his Masters of Science in the field of \nProsthodontics from University of Michigan (1975) and in Orthodontics \nfrom University of Pacific, San Francisco (1982). He was awarded \nfellowship ‘Diplomatic American Board of Orthodontists (1995)’.","nodeType":"text"}],"nodeType":"paragraph"},{"data":{},"content":[{"data":{},"marks":[],"value":"President Dr. Arif Alvi has been a renowned professional and has held \nmany important positions in the field of Dentistry. He remained Dean of \nOrthodontics, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan, President,\n Pakistan Dental Association (1997-2001), Pakistan Association of \nOrthodontists (2005), Asia Pacific Dental Federation (2006-07) and \nCouncilor of the World Dental Federation (2007-2013). Through his sheer \nhard work in the World Dental Federation, he was able to get the \ndeclaration of 20th March as World Oral Health Day. He is also an author\n of a book, theses, and many articles.","nodeType":"text"}],"nodeType":"paragraph"},{"data":{},"content":[{"data":{},"marks":[],"value":"Dr. Arif Alvi’s political career commenced with his pro-democracy struggle against the \ndictatorship of General Ayub Khan. He is a founding member of Pakistan \nTehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) that came into being in 1996. He remained a member\n of the PTI’s Central Executive Committee since its inception and has \nheld the offices of PTI President of Sindh (1997-2001), Central Vice \nPresident (2001-2006) and Secretary General (2006-2013). In line with \nConstitution of Pakistan, he resigned from all the positions of PTI \nbefore assuming the prestigious office of the President.","nodeType":"text"}],"nodeType":"paragraph"},{"data":{},"content":[{"data":{},"marks":[],"value":"During his tenure as the Secretary General of the party, Dr. Arif Alvi \nintroduced social media platform in the politics of Pakistan. He was \ninstrumental in holding intra-party election (2012-2013) and enabled \nmillions of party members to digitally participate in the election \nprocess. He was elected as member of National Assembly from Karachi in \n2013 and 2018 and was instrumental in drafting and the passage of many \nbills including one on Alternate Dispute Resolution. He also chaired the\n sub-committee of EVM’s, Digital Identification of voters and voting of \noverseas Pakistanis. The latter has finally come to fruition. Dr. Arif \nAlvi has keen interest in education and health sectors. Provision of \nbasic facilities to the common man and uplifting the country’s image are\n very close to his heart. He considers people of Pakistan as the most \nprecious asset and, therefore, accords special focus to human resource \ndevelopment in the country. He is happily married and has four children.","nodeType":"text"}],"nodeType":"paragraph"},{"data":{},"content":[{"data":{},"marks":[],"value":"","nodeType":"text"}],"nodeType":"paragraph"}],"nodeType":"document"}},"title":"Dr. Arif Alvi","discription":{"discription":"President of the Islamic Republic of\n\nPakistan\n"}}}]}},"pageContext":{"isCreatedByStatefulCreatePages":true}}}