[1] Ambassador Javid Husain is also a published author and a regular columnist, with a focus on International relations, Public policy and Economic development.

From January 1982 to April 1985, Javid Husain served as Counsellor and later as Minister in the Pakistan Mission to United Nations, New York City where he represented Pakistan in the UN General Assembly and its Third and First Committees besides several other UN bodies/organs like the Security Council, the Disarmament Commission, the Committee on the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace, the Commission on the establishment of nuclear weapon-free zones, and the governing bodies of UNICEF, UNFPA, CERD, etc... From May 1985 till July 1988, Javid Husain served as Minister/Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of Pakistan, Beijing, China.

From July 1988 to May 1991, Javid Husain served as Director General (United Nations and Economic Coordination) at the Foreign Office in Islamabad, Pakistan.

During this combined period, he represented Pakistan in numerous conferences/meetings of the United Nations, Non-Aligned Movement, and Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), as well as bilateral delegations to key countries like the USA & China.

These include the following:- From December 1992, till August 2003, Javid Husain served as an Ambassador of Pakistan to several countries in Europe and Asia.

During this period, he was responsible for arranging the bilateral visit of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto to South Korea from 22 to 24 July 1996.

In September 1997, he assumed charge as the Ambassador of Pakistan to the Islamic Republic of Iran where he served till August 2003.

From 2006 to 2008, Ambassador Javid Husain represented Pakistan in the ASEAN Regional Forum's Experts and Eminent Persons (ARF EEP's) group.

[7][8] He attended the following meetings of the ARF EEPs as a representative of Pakistan: In October 2015, Ambassador Javid Husain was appointed a visiting scholar at the South Asia Institute at The University of Texas at Austin.

Ambassador Javid Husain has been writing articles for reputable journals and Pakistani dailies like the DAWN and The Nation.

In addition, he also frequently appears on TV news & current affairs shows as an expert to discuss foreign policy and economic issues.

Under his direction, the Council signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Punjab in April 2013 on mutual collaboration in the organisation of seminars and workshops on foreign policy issues.