Foreign Secretary of Pakistan
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The Foreign Secretaries of Pakistan is the bureaucratic head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, also known as Foreign Ministry, is a Government of Pakistan's federal and executive Ministry which is responsible for international and Foreign Affairs. The ministry was created in 1947, and was one of the first ministries to be established...

. The Secretary, as in all other ministries of Government of Pakistan
Government of Pakistan
The Government of Pakistan is a federal parliamentary system, with an indirectly-elected President as the Head of State and Commander in Chief of the Pakistani Armed Forces, and an indirectly-elected Prime Minister as the Head of Government. The President’s appointment and term are...

, works under the Minister who is the member of National Assembly
National Assembly of Pakistan
The National Assembly of Pakistan is the lower house of the bicameral Majlis-e-Shura, which also compromises the President of Pakistan and Senate . The National Assembly and the Senate both convene at Parliament House in Islamabad...

. The Foreign Secretary is usually a seasoned diplomat, who is a Grade 22 officer of the Central Superior Services of Pakistan
Central Superior Services of Pakistan
Central Superior Services of Pakistan is the civil service of the country. It was established in 1973 under Article 240 of the newly framed Constitution. The CSS Examinations are held in the start of every year to recruit the civil servants for the Civil Services of Pakistan.-Structure:The...

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Due to the unstable political history of Pakistan, the bureaucrats were usually the policymakers of the country. Similarly, foreign policy of Pakistan
Foreign relations of Pakistan
Pakistan is the second largest Muslim country in terms of population , and its status as a declared nuclear power, being the only Islamic nation to have that status, plays a part in its international role....

 was mostly thought up by the then military/political rulers and implemented by the ministry of foreign affairs under chairmanship of the Secretary. Such was the case in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 opening of relations with China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

, in which Pakistan acted an important role. It was the then Foreign Secretary Sultan M. Khan who was to arrange the secret visit of U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger
Henry Kissinger
Heinz Alfred "Henry" Kissinger is a German-born American academic, political scientist, diplomat, and businessman. He is a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He served as National Security Advisor and later concurrently as Secretary of State in the administrations of Presidents Richard Nixon and...

 to China via Pakistan. This visit paved the way to opening of Sino-U.S. relations under President Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under...

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Some of other foreign secretaries, like Mohammed Ikramullah
Mohammed Ikramullah
Mohammad Ikramullah KCMG was a prominent figure in the administration of Pakistan at the time of independence. As a member of the provisional government of Pakistan, before the independence, he was Secretary and Advisor at the Ministries of Commerce, Information and Broadcasting, Commonwealth...

, Aziz Ahmed
Aziz Ahmed
Aziz Ahmed, , HPk, was a career Pakistani statesman and diplomat during the Cold war served as 12th Foreign Minister, serving under executed Prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto...

, Agha Shahi
Agha Shahi
Agha Shahi NI was a Pakistani diplomat and Foreign Minister of Pakistan from 1977 to 1982, during the regime of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. He served as the President of the Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad till his death.-Diplomatic career:Shahi gained M.Sc...

, S K Dehlavi, Abdul Sattar, later rose to be Foreign Minister of Pakistan
Foreign Minister of Pakistan
The Foreign Minister of Pakistan heads the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The current Foreign Minister is Hina Rabbani Khar who took office as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs on 11 February 2011, and as full Minister of Foreign Affairs on 20 July, 2011...

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The current Foreign Secretary is Salman Bashir
Salman Bashir
Salman Bashir is a Pakistani diplomat and the current Foreign Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 26 April, 2008. Bashir did his masters in History and LLB before joining the Foreign Service of Pakistan in February 1976...

 who was nominated by the ruling coalition in April 2008 after the previous Secretary Riaz Mohammad Khan was sacked when he disagreed with PPP's stance of forming UN tribunal to investigate the assassination of Benazir Bhutto
Assassination of Benazir Bhutto
The assassination of Benazir Bhutto occurred on 27 December 2007 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Bhutto, twice Prime Minister of Pakistan and then-leader of the opposition Pakistan Peoples Party, had been campaigning ahead of elections due in January 2008...

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List of Foreign Secretaries

No. Name of Foreign Secretary Entered Office Left Office
1 Mohammed Ikramullah
Mohammed Ikramullah
Mohammad Ikramullah KCMG was a prominent figure in the administration of Pakistan at the time of independence. As a member of the provisional government of Pakistan, before the independence, he was Secretary and Advisor at the Ministries of Commerce, Information and Broadcasting, Commonwealth...

15 August, 1947 16 October, 1951
2 Mirza Osman Ali Baig 16 October, 1951 30 November, 1952
3 Akhtar Hussain 1 December, 1952 4 June, 1953
4 J.A. Rahim 4 June, 1953 11 January, 1955
5 Sikandar Ali Baig 10 October, 1955 30 June, 1959
6 Mohammed Ikramullah
Mohammed Ikramullah
Mohammad Ikramullah KCMG was a prominent figure in the administration of Pakistan at the time of independence. As a member of the provisional government of Pakistan, before the independence, he was Secretary and Advisor at the Ministries of Commerce, Information and Broadcasting, Commonwealth...

1 July, 1959 11 May, 1961
7 S.K. Dehlavi 12 May, 1961 26 July, 1963
8 Aziz Ahmed
Aziz Ahmed
Aziz Ahmed, , HPk, was a career Pakistani statesman and diplomat during the Cold war served as 12th Foreign Minister, serving under executed Prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto...

26 July, 1963 23 June, 1966
9 S.M. Yusuf 24 June, 1966 1 July, 1970
10 Sultan Muhammad Khan 1 July, 1970 31 March, 1972
11 Iftikhar Ali 31 March, 1972 1 January, 1973
12 Mumtaz Ali Alvie 1 January, 1973 7 May, 1973
13 Agha Shahi
Agha Shahi
Agha Shahi NI was a Pakistani diplomat and Foreign Minister of Pakistan from 1977 to 1982, during the regime of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. He served as the President of the Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad till his death.-Diplomatic career:Shahi gained M.Sc...

6 July, 1973 6 July, 1977
14 Sardar Shah Nawaz 6 July, 1977 29 May, 1980
15 Riaz Piracha 29 May, 1980 10 July, 1982
16 Niaz A. Naik 11 July, 1982 30 May, 1986
17 Abdul Sattar 31 May, 1986 2 August, 1988
18 Humayun Khan
Humayun Khan
Dr. Humayun Khan is a former High Commissioner from Pakistan to India and United Kingdom.. Presently he is serving as the Chairman of Institute of Rural Management .-Family and Education:...

3 August, 1988 22 February, 1989
19 Tanvir Ahmad Khan
Tanvir Ahmad Khan
Tanvir Ahmad Khan is a former career diplomat from Pakistan. He retired as the Foreign Secretary of Pakistan. He held various key diplomatic offices during his long career including serving as Ambassador in Moscow , Paris , Tehran and Dhaka .-Early years:Khan was born in Hoshiarpur, eastern...

30 December, 1989 30 August, 1990
20 Shahryar Khan
Shahryar Khan
Nawabzada Shahryar Mohammad Khan is a former career Pakistan diplomat who rose to the position of Foreign Secretary of Pakistan in 1990, and remained so till his retirement from service in 1994; he was later appointed as UN SRSG to Rwanda .Nawabzada Shahryar Muhammed Khan is descended from the...

30 August, 1990 29 March, 1994
21 Najmuddin Shaikh 30 April, 1994 24 February, 1997
22 Shamshad Ahmad 25 February, 1997 17 February, 2000
23 Inam-ul-Haq
Inam-ul-Haq
Inam-ul-Haq is a Pakistani career diplomat who served as the Foreign Minister of Pakistan in the caretaker government of Muhammad Mian Soomro for four months in the winter of 2007-2008...

17 February, 2000 21 June, 2002
24 Riaz Khokhar
Riaz Khokhar
Riaz Hussain Khokhar is the former Foreign Secretary of Pakistan serving from June 2002 to February 2005, when he was replaced by Riaz Mohammad Khan...

6 August, 2002 14 February, 2005
25 Riaz Mohammad Khan 15 February, 2005 25 April, 2008
26 Salman Bashir
Salman Bashir
Salman Bashir is a Pakistani diplomat and the current Foreign Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 26 April, 2008. Bashir did his masters in History and LLB before joining the Foreign Service of Pakistan in February 1976...

3 April, 2008 Incumbent

See also

  • Foreign relations of Pakistan
    Foreign relations of Pakistan
    Pakistan is the second largest Muslim country in terms of population , and its status as a declared nuclear power, being the only Islamic nation to have that status, plays a part in its international role....

  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs
    Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan)
    The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, also known as Foreign Ministry, is a Government of Pakistan's federal and executive Ministry which is responsible for international and Foreign Affairs. The ministry was created in 1947, and was one of the first ministries to be established...

  • Foreign Minister of Pakistan
    Foreign Minister of Pakistan
    The Foreign Minister of Pakistan heads the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The current Foreign Minister is Hina Rabbani Khar who took office as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs on 11 February 2011, and as full Minister of Foreign Affairs on 20 July, 2011...

  • Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
    Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (Pakistan)
    The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs is the junior minister in the government and the deputy head of Ministry of Foreign Affairs after the Foreign Minister. The current Minister of State for Foreign Affairs is Ahmed Poria who took charge in July, 2011....

  • List of Serving Secretaries to the Government of (Pakistan) and Top Brass Bureaucrats
    Serving Federal Secretaries to the Government of Pakistan and Top Brass Bureaucrats
    The Federal Secretaries or Top Brass Bureaucrats to the Government of Pakistan are the bureaucratic heads of the Departmental Divisions / Autonomous Bodies under the Ministries to the Government of Pakistan. These bureaucrats work under the Ministers who are the members of National Assembly...

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