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The Embassy of Pakistan in Washington, D.C. is the
diplomatic mission A diplomatic mission or foreign mission is a group of people from a state or organization present in another state to represent the sending state or organization officially in the receiving or host state. In practice, the phrase usually den ...
of
Islamic Republic of Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...
to the
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. It is located at 3517 International Court,
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, 20008 (zip code in the US) in the
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neighborhood. The embassy also operates Consulates-General in
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, and
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Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry is a Pakistani diplomat and Director General of Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad. He served as the Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States and was succeeded by Ali Jehangir Siddiqui. Previously, he served as the ...
served as
Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States The Pakistan Ambassador to the United States is in charge of the Pakistan Embassy, Washington, D.C. and Pakistan's diplomatic mission to the United States. The official title is Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to the United Stat ...
from 2017 to 2018. In 2020, the ambassador is
Asad Majeed Khan Asad Majeed Khan is a Grade 22 officer.DrAsad Majeed Khan is a career Pakistan Foreign Service Officer. Ambassador Dr. Asad Majeed Khan assumed charge as 31st Foreign Secretary of Pakistan on December 2, 2022. During a diplomatic career span ...
, who presented his credentials to President
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on January 11, 2019.Dr Asad Majeed Khan presents credentials to US President Donald Trump
The Express Tribune (newspaper), Published 12 January 2019, Retrieved 3 February 2020 The architecture of the embassy building is partly modelled on the
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. The
Interests Section of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the United States The Interests Section of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the United States is a part of the Pakistani Embassy in Washington, D.C., and is the ''de facto'' consular representation of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the United States. Iranian stud ...
is a part of the Pakistani embassy in Washington, D.C. From 1951 to 2011, the embassy was located on
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, in the former Francis B. Moran House (architect
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, 1909) on 2315 Massachusetts Avenue NW. A chancery annex was located on 2201 R Street NW in the former house of
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, built in 1906 and also designed by
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U.S. lobbying firm hired

The Pakistan embassy in Washington D.C. hired
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lobbying firm in 2019 to promote the interests of Pakistan in the US.


Other Pakistani diplomatic posts in the U.S.

There is also a Consulate-General of Pakistan in
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, at
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in the
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and
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. In 2015, on the occasion of special events like the
Independence Day (Pakistan) Pakistan Establishment Day (colloquially the Fourteenth of August) is a state holiday in Pakistan commemorating the nation's establishment from the United Kingdom on 14 August 1947, establishing the Dominion of Pakistan. Pakistan came into ...
, the Consulate General of Pakistan, Chicago organized a large event at
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, Chicago to celebrate it with over 500 people attending this event. Consul General, Javed Ahmed Umrani assumed charge in September 2018. Pakistan has functioning consulates in the following cities in the U.S. – * New York City * Boston * Chicago * Houston * Los Angeles


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External links


Official websitewikimapiaConsulate General of Pakistan, Chicago - official website
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