The Graduate School of Public and International Affairs presents
“Pakistan and the Regional Situation”
Lt. General Talat Masood,
Friday, February 22, 2008
10h00 – 12h00
Desmarais Building, room 1130
55 Laurier Ave. East
Lt. General Talat Masood served in the Pakistani Army for 39 years, retiring in 1990 as Secretary for Defence Production in the Ministry of Defence. Prior to this, Lt. Gen. Masood was chairman and chief executive of the Pakistan Ordnance Factories Board, where he oversaw the modernization and expansion of military technologies. Since retirement, he has been closely associated with think-tanks and universities regionally and globally, working to promote peace and stability in the region. He writes on security and political issues in national newspapers and foreign magazines and is a prominent commentator on national and international television and radio networks.
He is currently a visiting fellow at the Stimson Center in Washington, DC and associate of Bradford University. A graduate of the Pakistan Command and Staff College and the National Defence College of the Armed Forces, Lt. Gen. Masood has a Bachelors degree in mechanical engineering and a Masters in defence and strategic studies.
