senior management positionWhat type of job are you looking for? A senior management job,related to promotion of trade and investment between pakistan and turkey with a view to faclitate foreign investments(FDI)between the the two countires What nationality are you? PAKISTANI (family are british nationals) What languages do you speak (and at what level)? English and urdu (local pakistani language) What country or area are you looking to work in and why? ISTANBUL(Turkey).Has been my favourite city ever sinse I hitch hiked to europe and stayed in Istanbul for several maonths as a teenage student.Have visted regularly on way to my second home in uk. What countries have you worked in? Pakistan (Pakistan Federal Civil Service) What countries do you have a visa to work in? None.(never needed one) What field do you currently work in? Last posting was as Director General,Fertilizer Import Department/Joint Secretary to govt of pakistan,a 400 million US$ company. What fields have you worked in before? Member board of directors of, 1. Pak Suzuki Co, 2. Pakistan Steel Mills, 3.Karachi Port Trust,4.Secretary Free Zone Authority, 5.Director General Privatisation Commission of Pakistan,6.Joint Secretary Finance,7.D.G Ombudsman,8.Jt Secretary Railways,9.financial advisor for puplic sector industry, among other appiontments. What qualifications do you hold? Post Graduate in Politics (pak) and Development studies (uk) Which do you consider more valuable? Formal education or skills and why? Formal education as it enables to acquire skills with relative comfort. Describe the benefits of working with others Senior administrative assignments are basically facilitation jobs for the personnel under ones supervision in which ability to interface with people is necessary and one learns and acquires relationships that may sustain for for times to come. Describe the benefits of working alone senior management positions are ultimately jobs performed alone as all decisions are ones resposibility. What is the most important lesson you have learnt throughout your career? In all senior appionments one learns to seek solutions from ones subordinates with ability to take make final decisions on your own. What unique skills do you have? Ability to adapt and to meet the requirments of new challanges that new position offer. What would you consider as your 'dream job'? A senior management job that facilitates foreign investments and indutrial and trade ventures between pakistan and turkey. What are the most interesting aspects of your field? In senior management jobs the exposure to variety of government,industrial,labour management,press,public and political situations that one faces are a challanging aspects leading to individual growth. what are discouraging elements one faces in administrative positions Senior Administaration jobs are often thankless jobs,personal intrest in decision making,lack of respect for merit,political interference etc are often depressing. How can potential employers contact you? Shahid Zafar,Email "crestmalaysia1@yahoo.com.sg" Cell # 0092 3 222 11 222 4. | 
