POSTPONED: IN PERSON: HE Masood Khan of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Has Invited Us to His Embassy.
POSTPONED DUE TO HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN PAKISTAN
The Embassy is particularly interested in meeting Harvard & Wharton Club members with diplomatic, governmental, educational or business ties to Pakistan. Wharton Club members & guests are invited.
Date: POSTPONED: Thursday, September 8, 2022, 6:30 - 8:30pm ET - We will update this with new information as soon as possible.
Location: Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 3517 International Ct NW, Washington, DC 20008
6:30 pm Check-in; MUST be registered in advance
(Out of respect for the Embassy staff, please do not enter before 6:20 pm)
6:50 pm Presentation by the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan followed by Q&A
7:30 pm Reception featuring delicious meal of Pakistani cuisine
Registration:
Wharton Club members and guests are invited. Business attire is required.
Fee:
Contribution to the Club is $55 per person. Register not later than Sunday, August 21, 2022! Limited number of places available!
****Lifetime & President's Club Members: may register for yourself and up to 3 guests, subject to availability
****Other Members: yourself and one guest, subject to availability
We are indebted to Harvard Club member Ms. Nabeela Khatak and also to Mr. Saad Ahmed, Third Secretary of the Embassy, for his meticulous collaboration in arranging this event.
- Ambassador Masood Khan is currently serving as Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States.
- He was the President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir from August 2016 to August 2021.
- Immediately before becoming the President he was the Director General of the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad, one of the top think tanks in Pakistan.
- Ambassador Masood Khan had a distinguished diplomatic career. Most notably, he served as:
- • Spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2003 to 2005;
- • Pakistan’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva, Switzerland, from 2005 to 2008;
- • Pakistan's Ambassador to China from 2008 to 2012; and
- • Pakistan’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Headquarters, New York, from 2012 to 2015.
Over the years, he has also held leadership positions in the international community which include:
- • President of the Conference on Disarmament,
- • Chairman of the Committee on Internet Governance of the 2005 World Summit for Information Society.
- • President of the Biological Weapons Review Conference 2006,
- • President of the Governmental Group of the International Labour Organization (ILO),
- • Chairman of the ILO Reform Committee,
- • Chairman of the Council of the International Organization for Migration
- • Chairman of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Geneva.
- • Chairman of the Group of 77 and China.