Mansoor Alam

Foreign Service Career

• 2000-Russia and Finland. Played a crucial role in arranging Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s two-day state visit to Russia and in dealing with issues of nuclear capability. It was the first time in some twenty-five years that a Pakistani leader had visited Russia. At that time, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s visit to Moscow was considered the single most important diplomatic event in recent Pakistan-Russian relations for the previous fifty years.
• 1997-Egypt. He served as Pakistani Ambassador in Egypt during the 1997.
• 1994-United Arab Emirates. He played a role in persuading PM Benazir Bhutto to start her foreign visits with UAE after she was elected PM for the second time.
• 1990 Mexico, with concurrent accreditation to Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba, El Salvador, Venezuela and Belize. He was critical to the trade agreements put in place and fostering better understanding between these nations and Pakistan.
• 1966-2002 career diplomat served in Embassies in different countries inc Head of Mission in London 1984-86 and Director General Middle-East 1986-1989.

Humanitarian

• Founded FLAME in 2001. It is a Registered charity in Pakistan, UK and USA. It provides free primary level education to the poorest and underprivileged children of all ages in Pakistan and some in India with a vision to incorporate other SAARC countries.

• Founding member of Karachi Council on Foreign Relations Economic affairs and Law.
• Founding member of Pak-India Citizens Friendship Forum.
• Board Member of "Tameer" Micro Finance Bank.

  Articles and Speeches

• Articles on various subjects have been published in major Pakistani dailies including Pakistan Today, Dawn and The Nation.

• "Party Positions on Foreign Policy" at Library of the Institute
• Cornell, November 2007, "The Political Crises in Pakistan".
• Seminar on WikiLeaks: ‘If someone leaked ISI documents, he wouldn’t have survived’
• "Future of American Foreign Policy" at Library of the Institute