As an officer of the Foreign Service of Pakistan, Ambassador Afrasiab Mehdi Hashmi Qureshi worked as Political Officer in the Pakistani Missions in Washington DC, New Delhi, Vienna and Beijing. Later, he was appointed Pakistan’s Deputy High Commissioner in India. He served as Pakistan’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh (2011-2014) and later as High Commissioner to New Zealand (2016 - 2018). At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Islamabad, he served as Director (Americas), Staff Officer to the Secretary General, Foreign Affairs, Director General (South Asia) and as Additional Foreign Secretary. He retired from government service in 2018. Afrasiab has authored several books on issues relevant to Pakistan’s foreign relations, history and {the spiritual aspects of} theology.