Faqir Syed Asif Hussain
Halle Speaker Series, November 10, 2009
Luncheon Lecture: "Pakistan - U.S. Relations"
Registration is required for this event.
Please contact Evan Goldberg at evan.goldberg@emory.edu or 404.727.4060 with questions.
BIO
Faqir Syed Asif Hussain is the Minister for Political Affairs at the Pakistan Embassy in Washington, D.C. He has served at the embassy since November 2006. He holds Masters and LLB degrees, and he joined Pakistan's diplomatic service in 1987. In addition to posts in Islamabad, he has held diplomatic assignments in Egypt, Bahrain, Bangladesh, and at the Pakistan Mission to the United Nations in New York. While at the UN, he served as vice-chairman of the UN committee on the peaceful settlements of disputes. He has also been a visiting faculty member at the National Institute of Public Administration (Lahore, Pakistan), the Police Academy (Islamabad, Pakistan), and the Pakistan Air Force War College (Karachi). Asif Hussain is married and has three children.