AMBASSADOR KHALID MAHMOOD

B.A. ( Hons.)
M.A. in Political Science
LL.B. Post-Graduate Diploma in International Affairs

WORK EXPERIENCE:

  • Lecturer in Political Science at Government College, Lahore
  • Joined Foreign Service of Pakistan in 1964
  • Former Ambassador of Pakistan to China, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq and Mongolia
  • Former Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) and the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO)
  • Till becoming Ambassador, mostly dealt with multilateral aspects of Pakistan's Foreign Policy. Served as First Secretary and later as Deputy Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations, New York
  • Worked as Director General (UN) and later as Additional Secretary (United Nations, Asia- Pacific and Africa) in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamabad
  • Member of Pakistan Delegation to several international meetings and conferences, notably UN General Assembly sessions, UN Security Council, UN Law of the Sea Conference and Summit and Ministerial meetings of the Non-Aligned Movement, OIC and ECO
  • Former Representative of Pakistan to UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and the UN Council for Namibia
  • Former President Institute of Regional Studies (IRS), Islamabad
  • Former Member UN Peace-building Fund Advisory Group, New York
  • Member Asian Regional Forum (ARF) Experts and Eminent Persons Group
  • Member Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Eminent Persons Group
  • Course Director (International Organizations) at the Foreign Service Academy, Islamabad
  • Ex- Course Director (International Organizations) at National Defence University (NDU), Islamabad
  • EX-President, Association of Former Ambassadors of Pakistan (AFA)
  • President Islamabad Council of World Affairs (ICWA)
  • Member Board of Governors, Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI), Islamabad
  • Former Member Syndicate, Islamia University of Bahawalpur
  • President Pakistan-Azerbaijan Friendship Association