Diplomatic Career
Participating in the Foreign Service entrance exam in 1972, qualified from the Administrative Staff College to become a diplomat, where he served as Director External Publicity at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tripoli - Libya as First Secretary (1974–1976), Kabul - Afghanistan as Counsellor (1976–1978), Vienna - Austria as Alternate Permanent Representative to various United Nations Organizations in Vienna Pakistan's Mission to the United Nations(1978–1981).
After returning to Islamabad as Director East Asia and Pacific he went on to graduate from the prestigious National Defence University, Islamabad (1983) and received his third Masters Degree in Defence & Strategic Studies from Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.
Furthermore, during the National Defence Course, he also attended the National Defense University(NDU) in the United States.
He was posted back to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Director General Soviet Union & Eastern Europe and was then appointed as Minister & Charge d' Affaires a.p. to Aden - South Yemen (1984–1986).
From there he went on as Ambassador of Pakistan to Tripoli - Libya (1986–1989) and subsequently posted as Ambassador of Pakistan to Poland & Czechoslovakia (1990–1993).
Returning to the National Defence University, Islamabad as Senior Directing Staff for International Relations & Foreign Affairs (1993–1994), he was appointed as Additional Secretary Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Economic Coordination (1994–1996).
Subsequently, he was posted as Ambassador of Pakistan to Switzerland,the Holy See and Liechtenstein(1996–1999)and retired from active and illustrious diplomatic stint in 1999.
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