Dr Moeed Yusuf appointed special assistant to PM on national security

[Xestan]

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday appointed Dr Moeed Yusuf as the special assistant to the prime minister on national security division and strategic policy planning, a notification issued by the Cabinet Division said.

He will hold the status of minister of state, according to the notification.

Yusuf was formerly the associate vice president of the Asia centre at the US Institute of Peace in Washington DC.

In September, he was appointed as the chairperson of the Strategic Policy Planning Cell (SPPC), which functions under the Pakistani government's National Security Division.

The author of Brokering Peace in Nuclear Environments: US Crisis Management in South Asia, Yusuf has taught at Boston University, George Washington University, and Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad. He is also a columnist for daily Dawn.

Yusuf holds a Masters in international relations and a PhD in political science from Boston University.

According to his LinkedIn profile, Yusuf before joining the USIP was a fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Centre at the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, and concurrently a research fellow at the Mossavar-Rahmani Centre at Harvard Kennedy School.

He has also worked at the Brookings Institution, a Washington-based think tank.

In 2007, Yusuf co-founded Strategic and Economic Policy Research, a private sector consultancy firm in Pakistan.

He has also consulted for the Asian Development Bank, World Bank, and the Stockholm Policy Research Institute, among others.

Between 2004 and 2007, Yusuf was a full-time consultant with the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) in Islamabad, according to his profile.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1524136/d...-special-assistant-to-pm-on-national-security

A very interesting development, makes Moeed our de facto NSA.

 

[AbuzarIlyas]

An american mouthpiece is here as a special advisor to PM on national security. Expect more from this installed government in coming days.

 

[Kabira]

Good choice.

 

[BATMAN]

Anyone who have any doubts on Imran Khan being the pawn of axis of evil?

 

[-blitzkrieg-]

 

[MIRauf]

Impressive CV, best of luck to him. Perfect person with clout in the West to represent Pak narrative, if he does the job right.

 

[Syed1.]

Excellent choice. May the patwaris keep burning Inshallah.

 

[BATMAN]

Good choice.

Good choice would be a team of retired army officers.

 

[Kompromat]

Reeks of your ignorance.

An american mouthpiece is here as a special advisor to PM on national security. Expect more from this installed government in coming days.

 

[Amavous]

In the past, he was accused of being an ISI asset. He denied working for ISI and said that it's a false campaign to destroy his professional credentials & credibility.

 

[KeyBORED Warrior]

In the past, he was accused to be an ISI asset. He denied working for ISI and said that it's a false campaign to destroy his professional credentials & credibility.

If that's true than its probably the best decision ever.

 

[BATMAN]

If that's true than its probably the best decision ever.

I accuse you of working for ISI... now you are equal candidate!
The job is not for an ISI individual. National Security Council should be the prime advisory council on matters relating to defense of Pakistan.

 

[Path-Finder]

In the past, he was accused to be an ISI asset. He denied working for ISI and said that it's a false campaign to destroy his professional credentials & credibility.

it was that cretin fair who accused him I think.

 

[Amavous]

t was that cretin fair who accused him I think.

It was the Indian embassy in Washington with the help of their lobbying firms that were painting him as an ISI agent. He enjoys a good reputation in professional circles and worked with Pakistan military establishment before on American/west related strategic issues. That's why they went after him.

 

[Bilal.]

An american mouthpiece is here as a special advisor to PM on national security. Expect more from this installed government in coming days.

Have you ever heard the guy’s view and know about his active efforts to promote Pakistan’s point of view in Washington?