Ambassador Qazi M. Khalilullah (Retd)

He holds a Master’s Degree in International Public Policy from the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University, USA.

He joined the Foreign Service of Pakistan in 1985 and served at the Foreign Office Headquarters in Islamabad as Section Officer (1986-88), Director (1996-1999), Director General (2005-2008 and 2014-2015) and Additional Secretary (2015-2016).

He held various diplomatic assignments in Pakistan Missions abroad: Embassy of Pakistan Moscow (1988-1993), Embassy of Pakistan Ashgabat (1993-1996), Embassy of Pakistan Kyiv (1999-2002) and Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the United Nations in Geneva (2002-2005).

He also attended United Nations Conferences and Expert Group Meetings: (i) World Summit on the Information Society (Phase-I), held in Geneva (2003); (ii) Member of the UN Working Group on Internet Governance (2004-2005); and (iii) Member of the UN Group of Governmental Experts on Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons Brokering (2006-2007).

He was the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from May 2015 to February 2016 and Served as Ambassador to Myanmar (2008-2012), Ambassador to Cuba (2012-2014) and Ambassador to the Russian Federation (2016-2019).

Executive Director of the Center for International Strategic Studies Sindh from February 2021 to date.

Contact: qazimkhalilullah@cisss.org.pk