The Living Script | Ambassador (r) Syed Abrar Hussain

The fifth session of the series of programs titled ‘The Living
Scripts’ was organized by IPS LEAD – the learning, excellence and development
program of IPS) on July 26, 2019 with Ambassador (r) Syed Abrar Hussain.

Hussain, who hails from Peshawar, pursued his early education from
Islamia College Peshawar. After his graduation, he started serving as a school
teacher in Upper Dir and Mardan. He then moved on to complete his Master’s
degree from Peshawar University. Later he appeared in the CSS examination, and
despite qualifying successfully it in the first attempt, chose to undertake it
again the following year. He articulated his decision of the reattempt before
the audience.

The speaker also threw light on his services in the Foreign
Office, sharing a number of interesting events that occurred during his tenures
as the ambassador of Pakistan to Kuwait, Nepal and Afghanistan.

Speaking of Afghanistan – where he first served as the Consul
General in Kandahar during the Taliban regime and then as an Ambassador in
Kabul for the period of three years following 2014 – the speaker urged the Pakistan
and Afghanistan governments to engage in discussion with each other and attempt
to solve common problems sooner rather than later.

The speaker also apprised the audience about his upcoming
publication which narrates invaluable experiences and observations of the
speaker from the days he spent in Afghanistan.