Dr. Zeba Sathar an internationally recognized demographer, is heading Population Council as Country Director, Islamabad Office since April 2002. Dr. Sathar has a PhD in medical demography from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a master’s degree in demography from the London School of Economics. She spent more than 15 years at Pakistan Institute of Development Economics and has also worked with the World Bank, the World Fertility Survey and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She has advised and assisted the Government of Pakistan in formulating Population Policies and Programs. Dr. Sathar received the award of Tamgha-i-Imtiaz by the President of Pakistan in March 2006 in recognition of her meritorious services to the development sector in Pakistan. She is also the first Pakistani to be elected to the governing council of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, and was a co-lead of FP2020’s Performance, Monitoring and Accountability working group. Most recently, she has been selected as a Commissioner on the Guttmacher-Lancet Commission on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights.