Background
Nasir, Asghar Sheikh was born on February 14, 1928 in Gujarat, Pakistan. Son of Ahmed Sheikh and Asghari (Khanam) Nasir.
Nasir, Asghar Sheikh was born on February 14, 1928 in Gujarat, Pakistan. Son of Ahmed Sheikh and Asghari (Khanam) Nasir.
Bachelor, University Cambridge, United Kingdom, 1951. Master of Science, New York University, 1954. Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1958.
Development officer Office of Prime Minister, Ghana, 1958—1961. Senior development officer Government of Nigeria, 1961—1965. Contingency commissioner Government of Zambia, 1966—1968.
Advisor Office of Prime Minister, Libya, 1968—1970. Advisor United Nations Development Programme/United Nations Industrial Development Organization REG, Egypt, 1971—1973. Consultant University Aachen, Technology Services BMZ Development Countries , Germany, 1974.
Chief technical adviser United Nations Industrial Development Organization , Indonesia, 1975—1977, country representative, 1984—1987, programme officer Indonesia, 1988—1989. Chief technical adviser United Nations Industrial Development Organization CTA, South Yemen, 1977—1978, Sierra Leone, 1978—1981, programme officer Sudan, 1989—1990, Zambia, 1990—1992. Senior consultant Libya Trade Investment Center , 1981—1984.
Consultant PROCUR Research Center , Moscow, 1993, GALFAR, Oman, 1994, PETROLE/PETROMIN, Saudi Arabia, 1995, Commonwealth Secretariat, Commonwealth Dominica , 1996, United Nations Development Programme, Abu Dhabi, 1997, Investment Private Ltd., Pakistan, 1998—1999. Independent consultant development projects Government of Pakistan, since 2002. Special adviser Nigeria, President Ghana.
Research director University Aachen, Germany, 1970-1972. Chief technical adviser North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Germany, 1973-1976.
Member Rotary.
Married Annie Franzen, March 10, 1962.