in february 1985, he was sent as advisor and chef du cabinet to the secretary general of the organization of islamic conference jeddah, kingdom of saudi arabia where the oic benefitted from his expertise till november 1988. the same month, he was called back to pakistan for more pressing responsibilities as additional foreign secretary, in charge of multilateral affairs, africa, soviet union and eastern europe and asia-pacific. accredited of his persuasive communication skills, he was given the responsibility of being the official spokesman of the government of pakistan on foreign affairs.