Humayun Khan
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Dr. Humayun Khan is a former High Commissioner
from Pakistan
to India
and United Kingdom
.. Presently he is serving as the Chairman of Institute of Rural Management (IRM
).
, North-West Frontier Province
of Pakistan
. He is the son of the late K.B. Mohd. Safdar Khan of Amazo Garhi, former Distt. & Sessions Judge, Peshawar and Begum Mumtaz Safdar, former Member of the West Pakistan
Assembly. He is married to the grand daughter of the late Qazi Ataullah, former Minister in the Cabinets of Dr. Khan Sahib before partition. One of her aunts was married to Abdul Ali Khan, youngest son of Bacha Khan
.
Khan was educated at the prestigious Bishop Cotton School
in Simla
, India
and later at Edwardes College
Peshawar and at Trinity College, Cambridge
. He holds an honours degree and an MA from Cambridge University. He was called to the Bar from Lincoln's Inn
, London in 1954. Later, he earned another MA and a Doctorate from the University of Southern California
, Los Angeles.
; Political Agent, North Waziristan
and Political Agent, Malakand
.
He was Home Secretary, NWFP in the NAP-JUI Government in 1972-73, after which he moved to the Pakistan Foreign Service. He served in the country's missions in Moscow and the UNO at Geneva before he was appointed Ambassador to Bangladesh in 1979. In 1984 he became Ambassador to India and served there for four and a half years. He returned as Foreign Secretary of Pakistan
in 1988 and held the post till 1989, when Benazir Bhuto made him an OSD. On the dismissal of her first Government in 1990, he was appointed High Commissioner in London. He retired from government service in 1992 but was immediately selected as Head of the Commonwealth Foundation, an inter-governmental international organisation with its headquarters in London. He held this position from 1993 to 2000, when he returned to Peshawar. He has since seved on the National Finance Commission and on the Board of the National Rural Support Programme. He also works with the Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy and on a number of committees dealing with relations between the countries of South Asia. He has written extensively on Indo-Pak relations and is co-author of DIPLOMATIC DIVIDE published in India.
Dr. Humayun Khan is a former High Commissioner
from Pakistan
to India
and United Kingdom
.. Presently he is serving as the Chairman of Institute of Rural Management (IRM
).
, North-West Frontier Province
of Pakistan
. He is the son of the late K.B. Mohd. Safdar Khan of Amazo Garhi, former Distt. & Sessions Judge, Peshawar and Begum Mumtaz Safdar, former Member of the West Pakistan
Assembly. He is married to the grand daughter of the late Qazi Ataullah, former Minister in the Cabinets of Dr. Khan Sahib before partition. One of her aunts was married to Abdul Ali Khan, youngest son of Bacha Khan
.
Khan was educated at the prestigious Bishop Cotton School
in Simla
, India
and later at Edwardes College
Peshawar and at Trinity College, Cambridge
. He holds an honours degree and an MA from Cambridge University. He was called to the Bar from Lincoln's Inn
, London in 1954. Later, he earned another MA and a Doctorate from the University of Southern California
, Los Angeles.
; Political Agent, North Waziristan
and Political Agent, Malakand
.
He was Home Secretary, NWFP in the NAP-JUI Government in 1972-73, after which he moved to the Pakistan Foreign Service. He served in the country's missions in Moscow and the UNO at Geneva before he was appointed Ambassador to Bangladesh in 1979. In 1984 he became Ambassador to India and served there for four and a half years. He returned as Foreign Secretary of Pakistan
in 1988 and held the post till 1989, when Benazir Bhuto made him an OSD. On the dismissal of her first Government in 1990, he was appointed High Commissioner in London. He retired from government service in 1992 but was immediately selected as Head of the Commonwealth Foundation, an inter-governmental international organisation with its headquarters in London. He held this position from 1993 to 2000, when he returned to Peshawar. He has since seved on the National Finance Commission and on the Board of the National Rural Support Programme. He also works with the Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy and on a number of committees dealing with relations between the countries of South Asia. He has written extensively on Indo-Pak relations and is co-author of DIPLOMATIC DIVIDE published in India.
Dr. Humayun Khan is a former High Commissioner
from Pakistan
to India
and United Kingdom
.. Presently he is serving as the Chairman of Institute of Rural Management (IRM
).
, North-West Frontier Province
of Pakistan
. He is the son of the late K.B. Mohd. Safdar Khan of Amazo Garhi, former Distt. & Sessions Judge, Peshawar and Begum Mumtaz Safdar, former Member of the West Pakistan
Assembly. He is married to the grand daughter of the late Qazi Ataullah, former Minister in the Cabinets of Dr. Khan Sahib before partition. One of her aunts was married to Abdul Ali Khan, youngest son of Bacha Khan
.
Khan was educated at the prestigious Bishop Cotton School
in Simla
, India
and later at Edwardes College
Peshawar and at Trinity College, Cambridge
. He holds an honours degree and an MA from Cambridge University. He was called to the Bar from Lincoln's Inn
, London in 1954. Later, he earned another MA and a Doctorate from the University of Southern California
, Los Angeles.
; Political Agent, North Waziristan
and Political Agent, Malakand
.
He was Home Secretary, NWFP in the NAP-JUI Government in 1972-73, after which he moved to the Pakistan Foreign Service. He served in the country's missions in Moscow and the UNO at Geneva before he was appointed Ambassador to Bangladesh in 1979. In 1984 he became Ambassador to India and served there for four and a half years. He returned as Foreign Secretary of Pakistan
in 1988 and held the post till 1989, when Benazir Bhuto made him an OSD. On the dismissal of her first Government in 1990, he was appointed High Commissioner in London. He retired from government service in 1992 but was immediately selected as Head of the Commonwealth Foundation, an inter-governmental international organisation with its headquarters in London. He held this position from 1993 to 2000, when he returned to Peshawar. He has since seved on the National Finance Commission and on the Board of the National Rural Support Programme. He also works with the Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy and on a number of committees dealing with relations between the countries of South Asia. He has written extensively on Indo-Pak relations and is co-author of DIPLOMATIC DIVIDE published in India.
High Commissioner
High Commissioner is the title of various high-ranking, special executive positions held by a commission of appointment.The English term is also used to render various equivalent titles in other languages.-Bilateral diplomacy:...
from Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
to India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
.. Presently he is serving as the Chairman of Institute of Rural Management (IRM
IRM
IRM is a three-letter acronym that could refer to:* Institute of Rural Management Pakistan, a rural management learning and training body* International Railway Mission* Illinois Railway Museum* Innate releasing mechanism* Insurance Risk Managers...
).
Family and Education
He hails from Mardan DistrictMardan District
Mardan is a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The city of Mardan is the headquarters of the district. The district also contains the famous archaeological site of Takht Bhai, Jamal Ghari and Sawal Dher.-Administration:...
, North-West Frontier Province
North-West Frontier Province
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province and various other names, is one of the four provinces of Pakistan, located in the north-west of the country...
of Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. He is the son of the late K.B. Mohd. Safdar Khan of Amazo Garhi, former Distt. & Sessions Judge, Peshawar and Begum Mumtaz Safdar, former Member of the West Pakistan
West Pakistan
West Pakistan , common name West-Pakistan , in the period between its establishment on 22 November 1955 to disintegration on December 16, 1971. This period, during which, Pakistan was divided, ended when East-Pakistan was disintegrated and succeeded to become which is now what is known as Bangladesh...
Assembly. He is married to the grand daughter of the late Qazi Ataullah, former Minister in the Cabinets of Dr. Khan Sahib before partition. One of her aunts was married to Abdul Ali Khan, youngest son of Bacha Khan
Bacha Khan
Bacha Khan may refer to:* Bacha Khan is an alternate name for Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, a political ally of Mahatma Gandhi* Bacha Khan , appointed Governor of Paktia Province, see 2002 in Afghanistan* Bacha Khan...
.
Khan was educated at the prestigious Bishop Cotton School
Bishop Cotton School
Bishop Cotton School, Shimla, is one of the oldest boarding school in Asia, having been founded on 28 July, 1859, by Bishop George Edward Lynch Cotton. The alumni of Bishop Cotton are known as Old Cottonians...
in Simla
Shimla
Shimla , formerly known as Simla, is the capital city of Himachal Pradesh. In 1864, Shimla was declared the summer capital of the British Raj in India. A popular tourist destination, Shimla is often referred to as the "Queen of Hills," a term coined by the British...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and later at Edwardes College
Edwardes College
Edwardes College is an undergraduate and graduate institution in the city of Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province along Pakistan’s northwest border with Afghanistan...
Peshawar and at Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Trinity has more members than any other college in Cambridge or Oxford, with around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduates, and over 170 Fellows...
. He holds an honours degree and an MA from Cambridge University. He was called to the Bar from Lincoln's Inn
Lincoln's Inn
The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn is one of four Inns of Court in London to which barristers of England and Wales belong and where they are called to the Bar. The other three are Middle Temple, Inner Temple and Gray's Inn. Although Lincoln's Inn is able to trace its official records beyond...
, London in 1954. Later, he earned another MA and a Doctorate from the University of Southern California
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
, Los Angeles.
Career
He joined the then Civil Service of Pakistan (CSP) in 1955 and served as Assistant Commissioner, Tank; Assistant Commissioner, Nowshera; Deputy Commissioner, BannuBannu
Bannu is the principal city of the Bannu District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan. It is an important road junction and market city. Bannu is a very old city, founded in ancient times; however, the present location of the downtown Bannu was founded by Sir Herbert Edwardes in 1848,...
; Political Agent, North Waziristan
North Waziristan
North Waziristan is the northern part of Waziristan, a mountainous region of northwest Pakistan, bordering Afghanistan and covering . Waziristan comprises the area west and south-west of Peshawar between the Tochi river to the north and the Gomal river to the south, forming part of Pakistan's...
and Political Agent, Malakand
Malakand Agency
The Malakand Agency was one of the Tribal Areas in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan until 1970. It included the princely states of Chitral, Dir and Swat, and an area around the Malakand Fort known as the Malakand Protected Area.In 1970, following the abolition of the princely states,...
.
He was Home Secretary, NWFP in the NAP-JUI Government in 1972-73, after which he moved to the Pakistan Foreign Service. He served in the country's missions in Moscow and the UNO at Geneva before he was appointed Ambassador to Bangladesh in 1979. In 1984 he became Ambassador to India and served there for four and a half years. He returned as Foreign Secretary of Pakistan
Foreign Secretary of Pakistan
The Foreign Secretaries of Pakistan is the bureaucratic head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Secretary, as in all other ministries of Government of Pakistan, works under the Minister who is the member of National Assembly...
in 1988 and held the post till 1989, when Benazir Bhuto made him an OSD. On the dismissal of her first Government in 1990, he was appointed High Commissioner in London. He retired from government service in 1992 but was immediately selected as Head of the Commonwealth Foundation, an inter-governmental international organisation with its headquarters in London. He held this position from 1993 to 2000, when he returned to Peshawar. He has since seved on the National Finance Commission and on the Board of the National Rural Support Programme. He also works with the Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy and on a number of committees dealing with relations between the countries of South Asia. He has written extensively on Indo-Pak relations and is co-author of DIPLOMATIC DIVIDE published in India.
External links
Dr. Humayun Khan is a former High Commissioner
High Commissioner
High Commissioner is the title of various high-ranking, special executive positions held by a commission of appointment.The English term is also used to render various equivalent titles in other languages.-Bilateral diplomacy:...
from Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
to India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
.. Presently he is serving as the Chairman of Institute of Rural Management (IRM
IRM
IRM is a three-letter acronym that could refer to:* Institute of Rural Management Pakistan, a rural management learning and training body* International Railway Mission* Illinois Railway Museum* Innate releasing mechanism* Insurance Risk Managers...
).
Family and Education
He hails from Mardan DistrictMardan District
Mardan is a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The city of Mardan is the headquarters of the district. The district also contains the famous archaeological site of Takht Bhai, Jamal Ghari and Sawal Dher.-Administration:...
, North-West Frontier Province
North-West Frontier Province
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province and various other names, is one of the four provinces of Pakistan, located in the north-west of the country...
of Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. He is the son of the late K.B. Mohd. Safdar Khan of Amazo Garhi, former Distt. & Sessions Judge, Peshawar and Begum Mumtaz Safdar, former Member of the West Pakistan
West Pakistan
West Pakistan , common name West-Pakistan , in the period between its establishment on 22 November 1955 to disintegration on December 16, 1971. This period, during which, Pakistan was divided, ended when East-Pakistan was disintegrated and succeeded to become which is now what is known as Bangladesh...
Assembly. He is married to the grand daughter of the late Qazi Ataullah, former Minister in the Cabinets of Dr. Khan Sahib before partition. One of her aunts was married to Abdul Ali Khan, youngest son of Bacha Khan
Bacha Khan
Bacha Khan may refer to:* Bacha Khan is an alternate name for Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, a political ally of Mahatma Gandhi* Bacha Khan , appointed Governor of Paktia Province, see 2002 in Afghanistan* Bacha Khan...
.
Khan was educated at the prestigious Bishop Cotton School
Bishop Cotton School
Bishop Cotton School, Shimla, is one of the oldest boarding school in Asia, having been founded on 28 July, 1859, by Bishop George Edward Lynch Cotton. The alumni of Bishop Cotton are known as Old Cottonians...
in Simla
Shimla
Shimla , formerly known as Simla, is the capital city of Himachal Pradesh. In 1864, Shimla was declared the summer capital of the British Raj in India. A popular tourist destination, Shimla is often referred to as the "Queen of Hills," a term coined by the British...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and later at Edwardes College
Edwardes College
Edwardes College is an undergraduate and graduate institution in the city of Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province along Pakistan’s northwest border with Afghanistan...
Peshawar and at Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Trinity has more members than any other college in Cambridge or Oxford, with around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduates, and over 170 Fellows...
. He holds an honours degree and an MA from Cambridge University. He was called to the Bar from Lincoln's Inn
Lincoln's Inn
The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn is one of four Inns of Court in London to which barristers of England and Wales belong and where they are called to the Bar. The other three are Middle Temple, Inner Temple and Gray's Inn. Although Lincoln's Inn is able to trace its official records beyond...
, London in 1954. Later, he earned another MA and a Doctorate from the University of Southern California
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
, Los Angeles.
Career
He joined the then Civil Service of Pakistan (CSP) in 1955 and served as Assistant Commissioner, Tank; Assistant Commissioner, Nowshera; Deputy Commissioner, BannuBannu
Bannu is the principal city of the Bannu District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan. It is an important road junction and market city. Bannu is a very old city, founded in ancient times; however, the present location of the downtown Bannu was founded by Sir Herbert Edwardes in 1848,...
; Political Agent, North Waziristan
North Waziristan
North Waziristan is the northern part of Waziristan, a mountainous region of northwest Pakistan, bordering Afghanistan and covering . Waziristan comprises the area west and south-west of Peshawar between the Tochi river to the north and the Gomal river to the south, forming part of Pakistan's...
and Political Agent, Malakand
Malakand Agency
The Malakand Agency was one of the Tribal Areas in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan until 1970. It included the princely states of Chitral, Dir and Swat, and an area around the Malakand Fort known as the Malakand Protected Area.In 1970, following the abolition of the princely states,...
.
He was Home Secretary, NWFP in the NAP-JUI Government in 1972-73, after which he moved to the Pakistan Foreign Service. He served in the country's missions in Moscow and the UNO at Geneva before he was appointed Ambassador to Bangladesh in 1979. In 1984 he became Ambassador to India and served there for four and a half years. He returned as Foreign Secretary of Pakistan
Foreign Secretary of Pakistan
The Foreign Secretaries of Pakistan is the bureaucratic head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Secretary, as in all other ministries of Government of Pakistan, works under the Minister who is the member of National Assembly...
in 1988 and held the post till 1989, when Benazir Bhuto made him an OSD. On the dismissal of her first Government in 1990, he was appointed High Commissioner in London. He retired from government service in 1992 but was immediately selected as Head of the Commonwealth Foundation, an inter-governmental international organisation with its headquarters in London. He held this position from 1993 to 2000, when he returned to Peshawar. He has since seved on the National Finance Commission and on the Board of the National Rural Support Programme. He also works with the Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy and on a number of committees dealing with relations between the countries of South Asia. He has written extensively on Indo-Pak relations and is co-author of DIPLOMATIC DIVIDE published in India.
External links
Dr. Humayun Khan is a former High Commissioner
High Commissioner
High Commissioner is the title of various high-ranking, special executive positions held by a commission of appointment.The English term is also used to render various equivalent titles in other languages.-Bilateral diplomacy:...
from Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
to India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
.. Presently he is serving as the Chairman of Institute of Rural Management (IRM
IRM
IRM is a three-letter acronym that could refer to:* Institute of Rural Management Pakistan, a rural management learning and training body* International Railway Mission* Illinois Railway Museum* Innate releasing mechanism* Insurance Risk Managers...
).
Family and Education
He hails from Mardan DistrictMardan District
Mardan is a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The city of Mardan is the headquarters of the district. The district also contains the famous archaeological site of Takht Bhai, Jamal Ghari and Sawal Dher.-Administration:...
, North-West Frontier Province
North-West Frontier Province
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province and various other names, is one of the four provinces of Pakistan, located in the north-west of the country...
of Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. He is the son of the late K.B. Mohd. Safdar Khan of Amazo Garhi, former Distt. & Sessions Judge, Peshawar and Begum Mumtaz Safdar, former Member of the West Pakistan
West Pakistan
West Pakistan , common name West-Pakistan , in the period between its establishment on 22 November 1955 to disintegration on December 16, 1971. This period, during which, Pakistan was divided, ended when East-Pakistan was disintegrated and succeeded to become which is now what is known as Bangladesh...
Assembly. He is married to the grand daughter of the late Qazi Ataullah, former Minister in the Cabinets of Dr. Khan Sahib before partition. One of her aunts was married to Abdul Ali Khan, youngest son of Bacha Khan
Bacha Khan
Bacha Khan may refer to:* Bacha Khan is an alternate name for Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, a political ally of Mahatma Gandhi* Bacha Khan , appointed Governor of Paktia Province, see 2002 in Afghanistan* Bacha Khan...
.
Khan was educated at the prestigious Bishop Cotton School
Bishop Cotton School
Bishop Cotton School, Shimla, is one of the oldest boarding school in Asia, having been founded on 28 July, 1859, by Bishop George Edward Lynch Cotton. The alumni of Bishop Cotton are known as Old Cottonians...
in Simla
Shimla
Shimla , formerly known as Simla, is the capital city of Himachal Pradesh. In 1864, Shimla was declared the summer capital of the British Raj in India. A popular tourist destination, Shimla is often referred to as the "Queen of Hills," a term coined by the British...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and later at Edwardes College
Edwardes College
Edwardes College is an undergraduate and graduate institution in the city of Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province along Pakistan’s northwest border with Afghanistan...
Peshawar and at Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Trinity has more members than any other college in Cambridge or Oxford, with around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduates, and over 170 Fellows...
. He holds an honours degree and an MA from Cambridge University. He was called to the Bar from Lincoln's Inn
Lincoln's Inn
The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn is one of four Inns of Court in London to which barristers of England and Wales belong and where they are called to the Bar. The other three are Middle Temple, Inner Temple and Gray's Inn. Although Lincoln's Inn is able to trace its official records beyond...
, London in 1954. Later, he earned another MA and a Doctorate from the University of Southern California
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
, Los Angeles.
Career
He joined the then Civil Service of Pakistan (CSP) in 1955 and served as Assistant Commissioner, Tank; Assistant Commissioner, Nowshera; Deputy Commissioner, BannuBannu
Bannu is the principal city of the Bannu District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan. It is an important road junction and market city. Bannu is a very old city, founded in ancient times; however, the present location of the downtown Bannu was founded by Sir Herbert Edwardes in 1848,...
; Political Agent, North Waziristan
North Waziristan
North Waziristan is the northern part of Waziristan, a mountainous region of northwest Pakistan, bordering Afghanistan and covering . Waziristan comprises the area west and south-west of Peshawar between the Tochi river to the north and the Gomal river to the south, forming part of Pakistan's...
and Political Agent, Malakand
Malakand Agency
The Malakand Agency was one of the Tribal Areas in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan until 1970. It included the princely states of Chitral, Dir and Swat, and an area around the Malakand Fort known as the Malakand Protected Area.In 1970, following the abolition of the princely states,...
.
He was Home Secretary, NWFP in the NAP-JUI Government in 1972-73, after which he moved to the Pakistan Foreign Service. He served in the country's missions in Moscow and the UNO at Geneva before he was appointed Ambassador to Bangladesh in 1979. In 1984 he became Ambassador to India and served there for four and a half years. He returned as Foreign Secretary of Pakistan
Foreign Secretary of Pakistan
The Foreign Secretaries of Pakistan is the bureaucratic head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Secretary, as in all other ministries of Government of Pakistan, works under the Minister who is the member of National Assembly...
in 1988 and held the post till 1989, when Benazir Bhuto made him an OSD. On the dismissal of her first Government in 1990, he was appointed High Commissioner in London. He retired from government service in 1992 but was immediately selected as Head of the Commonwealth Foundation, an inter-governmental international organisation with its headquarters in London. He held this position from 1993 to 2000, when he returned to Peshawar. He has since seved on the National Finance Commission and on the Board of the National Rural Support Programme. He also works with the Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy and on a number of committees dealing with relations between the countries of South Asia. He has written extensively on Indo-Pak relations and is co-author of DIPLOMATIC DIVIDE published in India.