Bushra Saeed-Khan
Occupation: Foreign Service Officer Global Affairs Canada
Bushra Saeed-Khan
Foreign Service Officer
Bushra Saeed-Khan is a Foreign Service Officer with Global Affairs Canada. She joined the diplomatic service in 2007.
While working with the Government of Canada she has travelled extensively and was posted to Kandahar, Afghanistan where she was responsible for border management issues, counter-narcotics, tribal relations, as well as political and local governance issues. However in Afghanistan she was seriously injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack which killed four Canadian soldiers and a Canadian journalist. Bushra spent several years in hospital undergoing surgeries and rehabilitating.
Since recovering from her injuries and returning to work, Bushra has focused her professional career on files relating to human rights and security. This included an assignment at Canada’s Mission to the United Nations (UN) in New York, where she worked on a UN resolution regarding human rights. Most recently, she has been responsible for policies and programs relating to security and intelligence issues at Global Affairs Canada and the Privy Council Office.
Bushra was born and raised in Ottawa, is a Canadian of Pakistani heritage, and studied International Development and Globalization at the University of Ottawa. She is married with a young daughter. Bushra is currently on parental leave and plans to return to work in June 2020.
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