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Foreign Secretary (Pakistan)
The Foreign Secretary of Pakistan (Urdu: ) is the Federal Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Secretary, as in all other ministries of Government of Pakistan, is the bureaucratic head of the Ministry, who is a BPS-22 grade officer of the Central Superior Services of Pakistan. The current Foreign Secretary of Pakistan is Amna Baloch since September 11, 2024. Amna Baloch holds the title of being a second woman Foreign Secretary in the history of Pakistan after Tehmina Janjua. List of Foreign Secretaries See also * Cabinet Secretary of Pakistan * Establishment Secretary of Pakistan * Aviation Secretary of Pakistan * Commerce Secretary of Pakistan *Foreign relations of Pakistan *Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan) *Minister of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan) The Minister for Foreign Affairs (or simply the Foreign Minister) is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Pakistan. The minister oversees t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (, ''Wazarat-e-Kharja'', abbreviated as MoFA) is a Ministry (government department), ministry of the Government of Pakistan tasked in managing Pakistan's diplomatic and consular relations as well as its foreign policy. The MOFA is also responsible for maintaining Pakistani government offices abroad with diplomatic and consular status. Minister The Minister of Foreign Affairs is Cabinet of Pakistan, Cabinet member who responsible maintaining Pakistan's Foreign policy of Pakistan, foreign policy as well as its List of diplomatic missions of Pakistan, diplomatic missions abroad. Ishaq Dar, Muhammad Ishaq Dar is the current Minister of Foreign Affairs. Divisions * Afghanistan, Iran & Turkey & West Asia Division * Africa Division * Americas Division * China & SCO Division * CAR & ECO Division * East Asia & Pacific Division * Europe Division * Middle East Division * South Asia Division * United Nations Division * Counter Terrorism Division * Audit & Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agha Shahi
Agha Shahi (; 25 August 1920 – 6 September 2006), ''NI'', was a Pakistani career Foreign service officer who was the leading civilian figure in the military government of former President General Zia-ul-Haq from 1977 to 1982. A diplomat and technocrat by profession, he joined Foreign Services in 1951 and held important diplomatic assignments in the United States, China, and the United Nations. He served as the Foreign secretary— the leading bureaucratic position in Pakistan Government— in 1973 until 1977, after Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's government was dismissed (see Codename ''Fair Play''). However, he immediately served as the foreign policy adviser to upcoming Chief Martial Law Administrator General Zia-ul-Haq who appointed him as the Foreign Minister shortly after assuming the control of the country. In 1982, after losing General Zia's favour when he made an attempt to keep country on Non-Aligned Movement membership, he lost the foreign affairs ministry to senior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jalil Abbas Jilani
Jalil Abbas Jilani is a retired Pakistani diplomat who served in Grade 22 as the Foreign Secretary of Pakistan. He is former Caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs, he served in office from 17 August 2023 till 4 March 2024. He was born on February 3, 1955, in Multan to a family known for high-profile bureaucrats. He served as the 22nd Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States from December 2013 to February 2017, and previously served as the Foreign Secretary of Pakistan from March 2012 to December 2013. He has also served as a senior director at the Centre for Aerospace and Security Studies (CASS). Early life and education Jilani was born into an influential family in Multan, his father Azhar Hussain Jilani and his elder brother Asghar Hussain Jilani both having been civil servants, the latter having served as Chief Secretary of the Punjab province, while former prime minister Yusuf Raza Gilani is his cousin. His uncle Tassadaq Jilani is the former Chief Justice of Pakistan, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salman Bashir
Salman Bashir () (born 4 March 1952) is a retired Pakistani diplomat who served in Grade 22 as the Foreign Secretary of Pakistan and as the High Commissioner of Pakistan to India."Salman Bashir new foreign secretary" The News International (newspaper), Published 26 April 2008, Retrieved 29 September 2019 Early life Salman Bashir did his master's degree in History and LLB degree before joining the Foreign Service of Pakistan in February 1976. He belongs to the Third Common Training Program (3rd CTP), and he won overall first positio ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riaz Mohammad Khan
Riaz Mohammad Khan holds a master's degree in mathematics and a B.A. (honors) from Punjab University, Lahore. Prior to joining Pakistan's Foreign Service in 1969, Khan taught quantum physics from 1965 to 1969 as assistant professor in the Mathematics Department at Punjab University, Lahore. His diplomatic career began with a posting to Beijing in 1970. He then served seven years at Pakistan's Mission to the United Nations in New York City from 1979 to 1986. Khan remained director general of Afghanistan and Soviet affairs at the Foreign Office, during which time he took a sabbatical to serve as a diplomat-in-residence at Georgetown University's Institute for the Study of Diplomacy. His other assignments include: * served as Pakistan's first ambassador to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan (1992–1995). * Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg and the European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational union, supranational political union, political and economic union of Membe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riaz Khokhar
Riaz Hussain Khokhar (; 31 December 1942 – 26 December 2023) was a Pakistani diplomat who served as the Foreign Secretary of Pakistan from June 2002 to February 2005. Khokhar also served as Pakistan's ambassador to India (1992–1997), the United States (1997–1999, and the People's Republic of China (1999–2002), before taking on the top post of the foreign ministry as Foreign Secretary of Pakistan. Life and career Riaz Hussain Khokhar was born on 31 December 1942.Profile of Riaz Hussain Khokhar on Google Books website (page 404) Retrieved 28 October 2022 He joined the Foreign Service of Pakistan on 10 October 1966. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inam-ul-Haq (diplomat)
Inam-ul-Haq (; born 10 November 1940)Profile of INAMU-UL-HAQ Google Books website is a Pakistani career diplomat who served as the Foreign Minister of Pakistan in the of Muhammad Mian Soomro for four months from November 2007 till March 2008. He also remained [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shamshad Ahmad
Shamshad Ahmad () (born 10 December 1941) is a veteran Pakistani diplomat, international relations expert and an author who served in BPS-22 grade as the Foreign Secretary of Pakistan from 1997 to 2000. He also served as the Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations between 2000 till 2002. Shamshad Ahmad also was the Pakistan's ambassador to South Korea and Iran.politics: An insider's account (profile and book review of Shamshad Ahmad) Dawn (newspaper), Published 6 September 2009, Retrieved 15 March 2018 He currently writes a weekly column for English daily '' The News International'' (newspaper). Before that, he was a regular contributor to [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Najmuddin Shaikh
Najmuddin Shaikh (; 4 September 1939 – 28 March 2025) was a Pakistani diplomat who was ambassador to the United States (1990–1991), and later served as Foreign Secretary of Pakistan (1994–1997). Education and family Shaikh received his bachelor's degree from Sindh University.Profile of Najmuddin Shaikh on Jinnah Institute website Published 9 May 2019, Retrieved 26 December 2022 He was a graduate of 's Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (1962). His wife, Raana Shaikh, has serve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shahryar Khan
Shahryar Mohammad Khan (; 29 March 1934 – 23 March 2024) was a Pakistani career diplomat who became Foreign Secretary of Pakistan in 1990, and remained so until his retirement from service in 1994. He later served as United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General to Rwanda (1994–1996), and wrote the book ''Shallow Graves of Rwanda'' on his experiences on what Rwanda went through. From August 1999, he intermittently served as the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board, and also served as the president of the Asian Cricket Council in 2016. Early life and background Shahryar Muhammed Khan was born on 29 March 1934 in the Qasr-e-Sultani Palace (now Saifia College), in Bhopal State (honoured with 19-gun salute until 1947) in British India. He was the only son and male heir of both Nawab Muhammad Sarwar Ali Khan, the ruler of former princely state of Kurwai and Princess Begum Abida Sultan (Suraya Jah, and Nawab Gauhar-i-Taj), herself the Crown Princess and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanvir Ahmad Khan
Tanvir Ahmad Khan (12 June 1932 – 16 November 2013) was a Pakistani diplomat.Profile of Tanvir Ahmad Khan on Institute of Policy Studies website Retrieved 31 October 2022 Early life Khan was born to the Niazi Pathans of Hoshiarpur, in north-eastern Punjab, in June 1932. His father, Nazir Ahmad Khan, was an educationist who spent his working life striving to uplift the educational abilities of young Muslims, many of whom were from underprivileged backgrounds. When Pakistan became independent in 1947, Tanvir Ahmad Khan and his parents migrated to Lahore, where Khan continued ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humayun Khan (diplomat)
Humayun Khan (31 August 1932 – 22 September 2022) was a Pakistani politician and diplomat who served as Foreign Secretary, and as High Commissioner to India and the United Kingdom. He was serving as the Chairman of the Institute of Rural Management (IRM). He studied at Bishop Cotton School, Shimla, between 1941 and 1947. References External linksBiodata of Dr Humayun Khan {{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Humayun 1932 births 2022 deaths Pashtun people [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
