PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Aug 2023- Sept 2025	Director General (Foreign Minister’s Office), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamabad.
Nov 2022-Apr 2023	Director (Program), Foreign Service Academy, Islamabad
Feb 2016-Oct 2022	DG (S&T), Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Jan 2014-Jan 2016	Head of Chancery/ Counsellor, Embassy of Pakistan Washington DC
Sept 2012-Dec 2013	Director (Foreign Secretary’s Office), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamabad
Sept 2009-Aug 2012	First Secretary, Embassy of Pakistan, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
May 2006-Aug 2009	Second Secretary, High Commission of Pakistan, New Zealand
Jun 2005-May 2006	Dy. Director (Africa), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamabad
Nov 2003- Oct 2004	Dy. Director (India), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamabad
Jun 2001- Nov 2003	Third Secretary, Embassy of Pakistan, Iraq
Nov 1998- Dec 2000	Assistant Director (Middle East), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamabad
Nov 1996-Nov 1998	Section Officer (Textile), Ministry of Commerce, Islamabad
EDUCATION
1989-1993	BSc (Electrical Engineering), University of Engineering & Tech. Lahore
2004-2005	Post Graduate Diploma in Diplomatic Studies, Oxford University, UK

LANGUAGES

English, Arabic, Urdu and Punjabi