nationality birth_date residence birthname term_end alma_mater order term_start image citizenship name predecessor birth_place president party office successor religion primeminister article_title
pakistani 18 june 1941 lahore , pakistan lahore , pakistan mian khurshid mahmood kasuri 15 november 2007 punjab sorbonne university university of nice university government college university cambridge university oxford university 23rd 23 november 2002 mahmud kasuri.jpg pakistan khurshid mahmud kasuri abdul sattar lahore , british india pervez musharraf pakistan tehreek-e-insaf minister of foreign affairs -lrb- pakistan -rrb- inam-ul-haq islam shaukat aziz khurshid mahmud kasuri

khurshid mahmud kasuri

khurshid mahmud kasuri -lrb- urdu : خورشيد محمود قصورى ; b. 18 june 1941 -rrb- , is a pakistani politician who was the minister of foreign affairs from november 2002 until november 2007 under president pervez musharraf regime .
significant progress was made towards peace between india and pakistan during his tenure , including a step closer to a deal on kashmir through back channel dialogues .
he is currently chairman of the regional peace institute and senior advisor on political and international affairs and chairman of the pakistan tehreek-e-insaf 's task force on kashmir and a member of the core committee of the party .
khurshid kasuri obtained ba -lrb- hons -rrb- degree from the punjab university in 1961 .
after completing his education at home , he did his tripos degree from cambridge university and qualified as barrister-at-law at gray 's inn london .
after cambridge , he was admitted to oxford university for postgraduate work in public administration & political science .
he took french civilisation courses at the sorbonne university in paris and the university of nice in france .
he is a senior member of pakistan tehreek-e-insaf and its candidate for national assembly form kasur .
