Talat Masood - Post-retirement Activities

Post-retirement Activities

After his retirement, he briefly wrote on the issues of security, political, and atomic issues in national newspapers and foreign magazines and was a prominent commentator on national and international television and radio networks. He served as a Secretary for Defence Production or DESTO in the Ministry of Defence of Pakistan, after serving for 39 years in DESTO.

After his retirement Talat Masood became a consultant for a leading U.S. defense manufacturer UDLP for five years. He had signed a multi million dollar contract with UDLP as secretary of defense production shortly before his retirement. He was a visiting fellow at the Stimson Center in Washington, D.C. from November–December 1997. Currently, he briefly writes about Pakistan and India's nuclear program. He has been playing an important role in Pakistan's atomic program and Pakistan's atomic policy as well.