Masuma Hasan is a Pakistani scholar who was the first woman Ph.D. and first woman federal secretary of Pakistan. She was the Chairperson of Group of 77 at the UN in Vienna, Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations Office in Vienna & International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and other international organizations, and Pakistan’s ambassador to IAEA and Austria (with accreditation to Slovenia and Slovakia).
Her book, Pakistan in a Changing World (1978), is a collection of studies on Pakistan and was considered "well worth reading" by International Affairs.
Ph.D. (Economics and Politics) University of Cambridge, UK, 1967.
M.A. (Political Science) University of Karachi, 1962.
2000–2001 Cabinet Secretary, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad
1997–1999 Director, National Institute of Public Administration, Karachi
Chairperson, The Pakistan Institute of International Affairs, Karachi
1994–1997 Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations Office in Vienna, IAEA, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and other international organizations in Vienna, and
Ambassador of Pakistan to Austria with accreditation to Slovenia and Slovakia
Chairperson, Group of 77 at the UN in Vienna 1996 and Pakistan's Permanent Representative
1991–1994 Director, National Institute of Public Administration, Karachi
1984–1990 Director General, Management Services Division, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad and Karachi
1981–1984 Director, Public Administration Research Centre, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad
1967–1981 Member of the faculty, National Institute of Public Administration, Karachi
Pakistan in a Changing World, 1978, the Pakistan Institute of International Affairs
