Qazi Shaukat Fareed was born in India, grew up in Pakistan and received his education in Lahore, Karachi and at Cambridge in England. From 1966 to 1987, he served as a diplomat for Pakistan in Saudi Arabia, Spain, Portugal, Mexico and at the Pakistan Mission to the United Nations.
He has lived in New York for the last twenty-five years. Since 1987, he has worked in various capacities at the United Nations, including coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance. His interests include Urdu poetry and South Asian contemporary art.
