Mushahid Hussain Sayed
Position: Chairman
Party Affiliation: PML
Tenure: March 2012 to March 2018
Education:
– Bachelor of Arts from Forman Christian College, Lahore.
– Master of Science in Foreign Service (MSFS) from School of Foreign Service of Georgetown University, Washington D.C.
Organizations:
• President, Punjab University International Affairs Society, 1973.
• President, Pakistan Students Association in America, 1974-75.
• Co-Chairman, Conference of the Non-Aligned Media (NAMEDIA), 1993.
• Member of Federal Cabinet, served as Minister for Information and Culture, 1997-1999.
• Founder/Chairman, Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI), 1998.
• Member, Commission of Eminent Persons, Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), one of 15 persons nominated by their respective governments to reform the OIC, 2004-05.
• Chairman, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 2004-2009.
• Secretary General, Pakistan Muslim League, 2005 onwards.
• Elected Member of Eminent Persons Group of Think-Tanks of the Islamic World, during meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan, March 2012.
• Chairman, Pakistan-China Institute, 2009 onwards.
• Secretary General, Centrist Asia-Pacific Democrat International (CAPDI).
• Special Rapporteur, International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP).
Award and Honours:
• Received 2013 Tsinghua University Award for ‘Outstanding Contribution to Public Diplomacy’ for his role in promoting Pakistan-China people-to-people relations, August 31, 2013.
• President Xi Jinping personally conferred the prestigious ‘Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence Friendship Award’ at Islamabad on April 20, 2015.
• Awarded Congressional internship by the US Congress in Washington, Summer of 1974.
• Represented Georgetown University at the prestigious Student Conference on US Affairs (SCUSA), US Military Academy, West Point, November 1973, and the Naval Academy Foreign Affairs Conference (NAFAC), April 1974.
• Youngest Editor at age 29, of any major national English daily in the region, as Editor of “The Muslim”.
• Leader of Pakistan Delegation to the United Nations Human Rights Commission, Geneva, 1993.
• Declared ‘Prisoner of Conscience’ by Amnesty International, world’s leading human rights organization as political prisoner without any charge for 440 days.
• Awarded the Congressional Medal of Achievement by the House of Representation of the Republic of Philippines, January 2006.
• Awarded Honorary Doctorate by the Royal Academy of Cambodia in Political Science, 2010.
• Awarded The Star of Achievement for Service to Humanity by the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP), 2011.
• Received highest Cambodian award, Grand Order of the Kingdom of Cambodia, for contribution to Asian causes, May 2011.
Current Status:
• Author of 3 books on Pakistan’s Foreign Policy and domestic politics as well as issues of governance.
• Currently a Senator, Member of Parliament. Chairman, Senate Committee on Defence and Defence Production.