{{Short description|21st-century Pakistani civil servant}}
'''Syed Munir Husain''' was a Pakistani civil servant and author. He was awarded the Nansen Refugee Award in 1988 for his leadership of the Ministry of States and Frontier Regions as it supported over three million Afghan refugees.
== Career == Husain joined the Civil Service Academy, Lahore in 1952.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Jabbar |first=Javed |date=2016-01-03 |title=Reflections of a life well-lived |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1230462 |access-date=2022-08-10 |website=Dawn Media Group |language=en}}</ref> From 1961 to 1964, he worked as the deputy commissioner of Karachi, under the leadership of Nur Khan.<ref name=":0" /> In 1965, during the Indo-Pakistani War, he was in charge of West Pakistan's Home Department (Home Office).<ref name=":0" /> From 1973 to 1976, he was the chief secretary of Balochistan.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ahmed |first=Khaled |date=2022-04-01 |title=Jinnah Warts And All |url=https://www.thefridaytimes.com/2022/04/01/jinnah-warts-and-all/ |access-date=2022-08-10 |website=The Friday Times - Naya Daur |language=en-US}}</ref> From 1983 until 1987, Husain was the Secretary in Pakistan's Ministry of States and Frontier Regions and during that time he expanded educational, job-creation, and veterinary services to help over three million Afghan refugees in Pakistan.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Nansen Medal Award Ceremony: Statement of Commendation by Mr. Jean-Pierre Hocké, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and Chairman of the Nansen Committee, on the occasion of the award of the Nansen Medal for 1988 to Syed Munir Husain, 1 October 1988 |url=https://www.unhcr.org/admin/hcspeeches/3ae68fce60/nansen-medal-award-ceremony-statement-commendation-mr-jean-pierre-hocke.html |access-date=2022-08-10 |website=UNHCR |language=en}}</ref> It was the largest refugee-support program in the world at the time.<ref name=":1" /> From 1987 to 1988, he was the secretary of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.<ref name=":0" />
In 1988 in Geneva, Husain was awarded the Nansen Refugee Award.<ref name=":1" /> He became the chairman of Agriculture Development Bank of Pakistan in 1988,<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /> retiring in 1991.<ref name=":0" />
He published his memoir ''Surviving the Wreck'' in 2016.<ref name=":0" /> The Express Tribune noted his refusal to give false testimony against Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-11-04 |title=Petty, mean and vindictive |url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/985188/petty-mean-and-vindictive |access-date=2022-08-10 |website=The Express Tribune |language=en}}</ref>
== Publications == * ''Surviving the Wreck: A Civil Servant’s Personal History of Pakistan'' ILQA Publications, Lahore, 2016 {{ISBN|978-969-640-030-1}}, 304pp.
== References == {{reflist}} {{Authority Control}}
== External links == * [https://www.flickr.com/photos/unhcr/4058502402 Photo of Husain receiving the Nansen Refugee Award], UNHCR, Flickr
Category:People from Lahore Category:20th-century Pakistani civil servants Category:Pakistani government officials Category:20th-century Pakistani writers Category:Nansen Refugee Award laureates