Dr. Nafees assumes role as Executive Director of COMSATS Secretariat.
The visit of new Executive Director, COMSATS has been made by Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif, said a news release released here.
The Secretariat is permanently based in Islamabad. COMSATS being a business that is intergovernmental of developing countries is mandated to achieving Science and Technology led socio-economic development of the countries associated with the worldwide South.
Ambassador Zakaria is a seasoned servant that is civil of, who joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1988. In his illustrious profession that is diplomatic he represented Pakistan as the High Commissioner towards the United Kingdom (2019-20), and Malaysia (2017-19).
He also served at various positions at pakistan’s missions which are foreign UAE, Indonesia, Thailand, the UK and Canada.
At the Ministry’s Headquarters in Islamabad the duties were performed by him as Additional Foreign Secretary/Spokesperson, Director General (South Asia and SAARC), as well as Director General (Europe). Most recently, after his your retirement from the Foreign Services of Pakistan, he served as Member of Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) of Pakistan (2020 – October 2022) november.
Ambassador Zakaria is additionally the receiver of honorary doctorate degree by the Forman Christian College, a university that is chartered of.
