Rustam Shah Mohmand
Rustam Shah Mohmand | |
|---|---|
| Interior Secretary of Pakistan | |
| In office June 1999 – October 12, 1999 | |
| Prime Minister | Nawaz Sharif |
| Chief Secretary of the North-West Frontier Province | |
| In office March 1997 – August 1998 | |
| Chief Commissioner for Afghan Refugees | |
| In office 1987–1989 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 August 1942 |
| Died | 27 December 2024 (aged 82) |
Rustam Shah Mohmand (15 August 1942 – 27 December 2024) was a senior Pakistani diplomat and political scientist.
Background
[edit | edit source]Rustam Shāh Mohmand ancestrally hailed from the Musa Khēl (Qasim Kor) sub-branch of the Mohmand district.[1] He studied civil engineering at Peshawar's College of Engineering and Technology (now University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar) and King's College London. He graduated with a degree in the humanities from the University of Peshawar and then joined the civil service of Pakistan.[2][3][4]
Diplomat
[edit | edit source]Mohmand specialised in FATA and refugee affairs. He served as Chief Secretary NWFP, Interior Secretary of Pakistan, Pakistan's Ambassador to Afghanistan and Commissioner for Afghan Refugees. Mohmand also served as a Political Agent in the Khyber and South Waziristan Agencies.
As part of his work in South Waziristan, Mohmand helped rebuild the main bazaar in Wana, the winter capital, which was later named "Rustam bazar" by the local maliks (or tribal chiefs) to honour him. From 1987 to 1989, he worked as Chief Commissioner for Afghan Refugees.[5] He was recently a leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and a member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Advisory committee (headed by Imran Khan), which advises the provincial government on development and planning.[6][7]
In the late 1990s, Rustam Shah had mediated with Mullah Omar to meet with Northern Alliance leader Ahmad Shah Massoud for a power sharing agreement in Central Asia. Rustam Shah described Mullah Omar Hotak as "a very simple fellow, a man of few words, but very straight-forward and very clearheaded".[8]
Mohmand died on 27 December 2024, at the age of 82.[9]
See also
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References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Tributes Pour In for Senior Bureaucrat Rustam Shah Mohmand Following His Passing (Dec 2024)
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Stories by Rustam Shah Mohmand
- ^ Afghanistan should not be made a scapegoat: Rustam Shah
- ^ The Trade: My Journey Into the Labyrinth of Political Kidnapping by Jere Van Dyk (2017)
- ^ Rustam Shah Mohmand
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ The Wrong Enemy: America in Afghanistan (2014) by Carlotta Gall
- ^ Rahmati, Fidel (Dec 2024) Former Pakistan Ambassador to Afghanistan passes away Khaama Press
External links
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- 1942 births
- 2024 deaths
- Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf politicians
- Pashtun people
- Ambassadors of Pakistan to Afghanistan
- Politicians from Peshawar
- Alumni of King's College London
- University of Engineering & Technology, Peshawar alumni
- Chief secretaries of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- University of Peshawar alumni
- People from Charsadda District, Pakistan