Dr. Mian Asad Hayaud Din

NAME: Dr. Mian Asad Hayaud Din

PLACE OF BIRTH: Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

PLACE OF DOMICILE: Baghicha Dheri, Mardan, NWFP.

DATE OF BIRTH: August 7, 1962

EDUCATION:

The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts (USA).

Ph.D., 1996-97. Dissertation title: “The Foreign Economic Policies of the Central Asian States and Azerbaijan 1992-96.”

Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy (M.A.L.D.), 1994-96.

Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad (Pakistan).

M.Phil. (Master of Philosophy) in International Relations with concentration on Foreign Policy Analysis (of Pakistan) 1990-92.

Specialized Training Program for District Management Group Officers, Civil Service Academy, Lahore (Pakistan).

Ten month training program (1988-89) concentrating on: Pakistan Penal Code, Criminal Procedure Code, Law of Evidence, criminal administration of justice, Land Revenue Law and Land Revenue Management and Administration, Civil Procedure Code, judgment writing, Islamic Law and Jurisprudence.

Common Training Program for Civil Servants at the Academy for Administrative Training, Lahore (Pakistan).

Nine month training course (1987-88). The curriculum consisted of the following subjects: Current Affairs, Economics, Pakistan Studies, Public Administration and Islamic Studies.

Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad (Pakistan).

M.A. in International Relations with concentration on Comparative Politics and Area Study (Afghanistan) 1985-87.

Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts (USA).

B.A. (Honours) in Political Science and Soviet/Russian Studies 1981-85.

Lake Forest Academy-Ferry Hall, Lake Forest, Illinois (USA).

High School diploma 1981.

Lawrence College, Murree, Punjab (Pakistan).

Matriculation 1978.

PROFESSIONAL/OCCUPATIONAL EXPERIENCE:

GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN.

Central Superior Services (District Management Group).

Under-training Assistant Commissioner, Jhelum, (Punjab) 1989-90.

Assistant Commissioner/Sub Divisional Magistrate, Dera Ghazi Khan (Punjab) 1990-93.

Deputy Secretary (Confidential), SGA&ID, Govt. of Punjab (Lahore) 1993-94.

Study abroad/deputation at the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy (USA) 1994-97.

Section Officer, Ministry of Finance, Finance Division (Islamabad) 1997-98.

Personal Staff Officer to the Advisor to the Prime Minister, (the late Mr. M. Anwar Zahid), Prime Minister’s Office (Islamabad) 1998-1999.

Deputy Secretary (Economic & Finance-II), Economic and Finance Wing, Prime Minister’s Office (Islamabad) 1999.

Deputy Secretary (Coordination)/Staff Officer to Secretary, Establishment Division (Islamabad) 1999-2000.

Press Attaché, Embassy of Pakistan, Washington DC, 2000-2003.

Director (Administration), Office of the Chief Commissioner, Islamabad Capital Territory Administration, 2003-present.

HONOURS:

Magna Cum Laude, Amherst College (1985); Stood first in Pakistan in the 1986 Civil Service Examination (1987); Gold Medal in International Relations, Quaid-i-Azam University (1988); Gold Medal and Best Probationer Award at DMG Campus, Civil Service Academy (1989); Stood first in the M.Phil. class at Quaid-i-Azam University (1992); and Recipient of the Quaid-i-Azam Merit Scholarship for Studies Abroad, Ministry of Education, Government of Pakistan (1994).

EXPERIENCES:

When I was writing my Bachelor’s thesis on Afghanistan I went for two months (as an observer with Gulbadin Hikmatyar’s local field commander of Zazi Maidan in Paktiya province of Afghanistan) in country so that I could obtain first-hand information about the crisis in Afghanistan. I have traveled in the Middle East (Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Tunis and Turkey), Europe (UK and Russia), Central Asia and the Caucasus (Azerbaijan, Kazakstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) and China (Xinjiang Province).

LANGUAGES:

English (fluency), Pushto, Urdu, (fluency), Punjabi (good comprehension), Russian (rudimentary/beginner).

12/20/04