Tariq Mustafa [SEP] educated at
of University of London where he received his Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in mechanical engineering with first class honours while also doing an engineering apprenticeship at the Royal Arsenal in Woolwich. In 1956, he joined the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority and did his post-graduate research in the field of nuclear technology and nuclear power studies. In 1957, Tariq Mustafa attended the first international Reactor School at the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Research Establishment Harwell. Subsequently, he participated in the first international power reactor operations course at Calder Hall,
1979. He was one of the few non-CSP officers to make it to the most senior level of the Civil Service. Over this period Tariq Mustafa guided the establishment of manufacturing facilities for aircraft, tanks, submarines, missile boats and expanded and modernized the production of arms and artillery at their ordnance factories.
From 1981 to 1986, Tariq Mustafa was appointed Minister Technical at the Pakistan Embassy in Washington D.C to look after the technical interface between US and Pakistan in both the areas of defense and civilian industries.