Srinagar Aug 27: Former Afghanistan Communications and Technology Minister, Syed Ahmad Shah Sadat is now working as a pizza delivery person in Leipzig city in Germany, reports said on Wednesday.
وزير الاتصالات والتكنولوجيا الأفغاني السابق سيد أحمد سادات يلجأ لمهنة توصيل طلبات الطعام على متن دراجة هوائية في مدينة لايبزيغ الألمانية التي وصلها نهاية عام 2020، بعد تخليه عن منصبه pic.twitter.com/zfFERbqCmD
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As per a Hindustan Times report, Sadat moved to Leipzig in December last year after quitting the Ashraf Ghani cabinet he had joined in 2018.
Al Jazeera Arabic shared on its Twitter handle pictures of Sadat riding a bicycle delivering pizzas in Leipzig.
Moreover, Sky News confirmed from Sadat that these were indeed his pictures in the German city.
Sadat said his story will serve as a “catalyst” to change the way high-ranking people live their lives in Asia and the Arab world.
As per the HT report, Sadat holds two master’s degrees in Communications and Electronic Engineering from Oxford University. The ex-Afghan minister has worked for 23 years in the field of communications with more than 20 companies, in 13 countries, including Saudi Arabia, for Aramco and the Saudi Telecom Company, the report said.