Rustam Shah Mohmand

Rustam Shah Mohmand
Interior Secretary of Pakistan
In office
June 1999 – October 12, 1999
Prime MinisterNawaz Sharif
Chief Secretary of the North-West Frontier Province
In office
March 1997 – August 1998
Personal details
Born(1942-08-15)15 August 1942
Dhakki, Charsadda District, North-West Frontier Province, British India
Died27 December 2024(2024-12-27) (aged 82)

Rustam Shah Mohmand (Urdu: رستم شاہ مہمند; 15 August 1942 – 27 December 2024) was a Pakistani diplomat and political scientist.

Background

Rustam Shah Mohmand 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.[1][2][3]

Mohmand died on 27 December 2024, at the age of 82.[4]

Diplomat

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. 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.[5][6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Rustam Shah Mohmand". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  2. ^ Stories by Rustam Shah Mohmand
  3. ^ Afghanistan should not be made a scapegoat: Rustam Shah
  4. ^ Former Pakistan Ambassador to Afghanistan passes away
  5. ^ Rustam Shah Mohmand
  6. ^ "Mr. Rustam Shah Mohmand Appointed as the Chairman Think Tank PTI KP > Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf > Insaf News". Archived from the original on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2013.