Name:Arif Alvi

Occupation:Orthodontist/ Politician

Born On: 29 – August

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Dr Alvi completed his BDS from Lahore and was declared as the ‘Best Graduate’ of the University.He was awarded Master of Science in Prosthodontics (MS) from Michigan University. He is the first Pakistani to acquire this professional qualification. In 1982 he joined the two year Orthodontic training program at the University of Pacific in San Francisco where was awarded the Master of Science in Orthodontics (MSD). Dr Alvi is the first Pakistani to specialize in Orthodontics. In 1995 he was awarded Diplomate American Board of Orthodontists, and became one of ten Asians and the only Muslim, Pakistani, or SAARC dentist to have achieved this level of qualification.

He worked in Jamaat-e-Islami for 23 years and later joined Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaaf. He was also one of the few people who helped write the party constitution of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.

Dr Arif Alvi was later elected as the Secretary General of the party.