About Syed Munir Husain
Born 1928. Syed Munir Husain is a Pakistani civil servant, writer, beamter and economist.
Syed Munir Husain was a Pakistani civil servant and author. He was awarded the Nansen Refugee Award in 1988 for his leadership of the Ministry of States and Frontier Regions as it supported over three million Afghan refugees.
Career Husain joined the Civil Service Academy, Lahore in 1952. From 1961 to 1964, he worked as the deputy commissioner of Karachi, under the leadership of Nur Khan. From 1983 until 1987, Husain was the Secretary in Pakistan's Ministry of States and Frontier Regions and during that time he expanded educational, job-creation, and veterinary services to help over three million Afghan refugees in Pakistan. It was the largest refugee-support program in the world at the time.
Publications Surviving the Wreck: A Civil Servant’s Personal History of Pakistan ILQA Publications, Lahore, 2016 , 304pp.
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Pakistani civil servant
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Syed Munir Husain was born on 22 May 1928 in Lahore.
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