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You are cordially invited to attend a CISTP Lecture and Lunch, "Pakistan's Role in the War on Terror" with Asif Hussain ~ Pakistan's Consul General in New York.
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Faqir Syed Asif Hussain is the Consul General for the Consulate General of Pakistan in New York, but until recently was the Minister for Political Affairs at the Pakistan Embassy in Washington, D.C. He served at the embassy since November 2006. He holds masters and LLB. In 1987 he joined Pakistan's diplomatic service. 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.
