User:Rustamkhanswati

Rustam Khan Swati was born on September 15, 1964 in Mansehra (Hazara Division) NWFP, Pakistan. He got his early education from Islamia Public School Mansehra and did his high school from prestigious Abbottabad Public School, Abbottabad. He achieved his B.Sc(Honours) in Agriculture with specialization in Horticulture. Rustam received Chevening Scholorship of British Government to pursue his post graduate studies in United Kingdom. He received M.Sc in Tropical Horticulture and Crop Science from Wye College, University of London, United Kingdom.

Rustam started his career as a Research Officer at Planning and Development Department, Peshawar NWFP,Pakistan. He moved on to Assistant Chief (Agriculture / Forests) at Planning and Development Department located at Civil Secretariat, Peshawar. His contributions in processing, monitoring and Evaluation of development projects left a distinct mark due to his professionalism and dedication.He received praise from his superior civil bureaucracy. High profile enquiries regarding working of civil servants were conducted by Rustam and and development funds were used in professional manner. He stayed at this provincial government from 1988 to 1993.

Later he moved to join Pakistan Tobacco Company (a subsidiary of British American Tobacco Company) in 1993. He started as a Leaf Buying Manager at Shergarh, Mardan in NWFP and served in Swat, Islamabad and Gujrat. Rustam left the company in March 2000 as Regional Manager Punjab.

Canada was his next destination as a professional immigrant. He worked there at Bank of Scotia and then at Andlauer Transportation Services.He worked in Hamilton, Toronto and Edmonton.

Currently, he has moved back to Pakistan and pursuing his Bachelor of Law degree at Justice Law College, Abbottabad. He is also working as consultant in the fields of agriculture, management and development projects.

His best activities are gardening, reading and political analysis. Rustam also likes to blog and his page is called as Rustam's Corner and can be accessed at http://rustamkhanswati.blogspot.com

He joined Pakistan Horticulture Development and Export Company (PHDEC), Ministry of Commerce, Government of Pakistan in September 2012. He currently works at PHDEC as its Head of Supply Chain based at Lahore, Pakistan.