Professional Career 1968-72 Third/Second Secretary, Embassy of Pakistan, Ottawa. 1975 - First Secretary/Charge d'Affaires, Embassy of Pakistan, Dakar, Senegal. 1979 - Director (Americas), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamabad. 1983 - Counsello/Minister and Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Pakistan, Washington. 1986 - Minister and Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Pakistan, Tehran. 1990 - Director General (Americas and Western Europe), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamabad. 1993 - Ambassador to Brazil (with concurrent accreditation to Paraguay, Columbia, Bolivia and Suriname). 1995 - Ambassador to Spain. 1996 - Additional Foreign Secretary In-charge of the Middle East and African Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamabad. 1996 - Additional Foreign Secretary in charge of Americas, Europe and CIS 1998 - Diplomatic Counsellor to the Prime Minister 2002 - Ambassador to Japan.