the parliament. On 9:30 am PST, 23 November 2004, he took charge of the foreign ministry and announced that the new government's first priority is to normalize relations with India. He directed Pakistan's foreign policy more on neutral ground base and quoted: "We want to improve relations with India and wish peace and prosperity for the people of India." 2008 election In the February 2008 parliamentary election, Kasuri ran for a National Assembly seat from NA-140 (Kasur-III), where he was defeated by the PPP candidate, Sardar Asif Ahmed Ali. Academia and professorship In 2012, he lectured on the topics involving in the Peace and conflict studies at the "Centre of Peace and Progress" where he lectured with Jaswant Singh and met with Governor of West Bengal N.K. Narayan. Khurshid Kasuri is the executive member of the board of directors of the Beaconhouse National University. References 1941 births Living people People from Kasur District Pakistan Muslim League (Q) politicians Pakistani lawyers Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf politicians Punjabi people Foreign Ministers of Pakistan Government College University, Lahore alumni University of Paris alumni University of the Punjab alumni Alumni of the University of Oxford Alumni of the University of Cambridge Government of Shaukat Aziz Academic staff of Beaconhouse National University Russian–Urdu translators