Khar came to prominence during the Shaukat Aziz government and was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Economic Affairs and Statistics in 2003 , and being named Minister of State for Economic Affairs the following year , a post she retained until 2007 . As minister of state , she worked with international relief funds and charities after the deadly 2005 earthquake in Northern Pakistan , and also worked on proposals for the Turkmenistan – Afghanistan – Pakistan – India pipeline
2005 earthquake
2005 Kashmir earthquake
Hina Rabbani Khar