Brigadier-General Samson Simon Sharaf is a retired one-star general officer in the Pakistan Army and a military scientist. As of current, he is news columnist, businessman, and a former military college administrator. Sharaf also serves in the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's Shadow Cabinet as the Spokesperson for Defense Production. He served Pakistan Army for 33 years and most notably in Nuclear Policy making. Despite being qualified in security and nuclear strategy, he prefers to call himself a Political Economist: the robe of a modern Strategist.
Education
He attended St. Anthony's High School (Lahore) from where he did his Senior Cambridge in 1971. He completed the F.Sc. from Government College Lahore in 1972. He joined the Pakistan Military Academy from where he graduated in 1974. In 1985, he obtained an honours degree in English literature from the University of Balochistan. He also attended the Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, from where he obtained a double M.Sc. in Defence and Strategic studies in 1997. His dissertation pertained to Kautilya's Political Thinking.
Military career
He rose rapidly through the ranks of the Pakistan Army ending up as a Brigadier General. He has served in the General Staff Branch of General Headquarters (GHQ) of the Pakistan Army. In 2005, the President of Pakistan conferred awards in the Order of Imtiaz (Military) on Independence Day to the officers of the armed forces in Rawalpindi. Sharaf was awarded the Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military). He has also been an honorary Colonel of the Battalion of 1st Sindh Regiment based in Waziristan. Sindh
Current activities
Sharaf is a columnist for The NATION and other news papers.
He is also been a defence analyst, specialising in South Asia, Nuclear and International Political Economy. He is CEO of WaterTech Private Limited, Pakistan, a water treatment systems business. He is also currently the Rector of St Mary’s College, Rawalpindi.
management
• A strategic professional who deploys participative management style in
fast paced, diverse work force
• Excellent team builder and consultant on organisational development
• A proactive change agent.
• A speaker in international seminars and columnist in newspapers
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Pakistan Defence Forces (1972-2005)
• Command and leadership experience in diverse conditions including combat
• Instructional experience both at national and international military institutions
• Operational planning at General Headquarters, Pakistan Army
• Vice President Army Public Education System
• Vice President Army Public College of Management and Sciences
(APCOMS). A graduate and post graduate institution
Business, Strategy & Education (2005-2008)
• CEO, EcoTech International Inc. ASEAN
• Defence and security analyst
• Rector, Saint Mary College, Lalazar, Rawalpindi Pakistan
• Member, Rawalpindi-Islamabad Roman Catholic Diocesan Board of Education
• Adjunct Professor in department of Defence and Strategic Studies, Qaid e Azam University Islamabad
INDIVIDUAL EXPERTISE
• Numerous international and national publications on security issues,
political economy, nuclear strategy and proliferation issues
• As part of the government, worked with the Economic Affairs Division
in fields of revenue, investments, debt and water management schemes
• As CEO of a water engineering company, executed a diverse range of
products from desalination to recycling waste water for agriculture
• Adventures include: -
o Summiting Hidden Peak (8068m)
o Trekking the entire perimeter of Pakistan over mountains, bogs,
deserts, plains and coastline
o First in Pakistan to criss-cross the extremely hostile Nara Desert
o Parachuting including freefalls
o High speed cross country driving
EDUCATION
• M.Sc Defence and Strategic Studies, Qaide e Azam University,
Islamabad with 1st Position and Gold Medal
• B.Sc (H) War Studies, University of Balochistan
• Interpretership in French, Qaid e Azam University, Islamabad
• Bachelor’s in Arts, University of Peshawar
• Senior Cambridge ‘O levels, University of Cambridge
• Languages: English, French and Urdu
SUMMARY OF ACHIEVEMENTS
• A distinguished instructor of Pakistan Army
• Outstanding grading during military training in France.
• Raising of APCOMS from Start Up to Present level with no external funding
• Recipient of Sitata e Imtiaz (SI M ) for distinguished military service
• Awarded COAS Commendation for outstanding services in Human
Resource Development
• Supply of 160 Tons of Mineral Water to earthquake zones in 2005
• A well reputed security analyst at national and international forums
Email: nicco1988@hotmail.com, samson.sharaf@gmail.com
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