Mr. Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri is a renowned politician, senior Foreign Service statesman and a diplomat who has served as the Foreign Minister of Pakistan from 2002 to 2007. He serves as a member of the Board of Governors and Board of Directors at Beaconhouse National University. After completing his BA (Hons) from Punjab University, he went abroad for higher education and earned a tripos in Law from Cambridge University, and a postgraduate degree in Public Administration and Political Science from University of Oxford. He took French Civilization courses at the Sorbonne University in Paris and the University of Nice in France and lectured at leading American Universities in their South Asian and Political Science Faculties.