Minister of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan)

Not to be confused with Foreign Secretary (Pakistan).

Minister of Foreign Affairs
وزیرِ خارجہ

Emblem of Pakistan

Incumbent
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari
since 27 April 2022

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Style| Sir Minister
Member of| Cabinet
National Security Council
Reports to| Prime Minister of Pakistan
Residence| Islamabad, Pakistan
Nominator| Prime Minister of Pakistan
Appointer| President of Pakistan
Term length| At the Prime Minister's pleasure
Formation| 14 Aug 1947; 74 years ago (14 Aug 1947)
Deputy| Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
Website| www.mofa.gov.pk

The minister of foreign affairs (or simply foreign minister) is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Pakistan. The minister is responsible for overseeing the federal government's foreign policy and International relations. The responsibility of the foreign minister is to represent Pakistan and its government in the international community. The minister holds one of the Senior-most offices in the Cabinet of Pakistan. The office of the foreign minister was first held by Liaquat Ali Khan, who also served as the country's first prime minister. Several other prime ministers have held the additional charge of the office of the foreign minister.

## List of foreign ministers of Pakistan[edit]

The following is the list of all the previous foreign ministers of Pakistan to date, according to Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Politics of Pakistan

Constitution

*     * Previous constitutions:1956
* 1962
* 1973

* Annex (written 1949, incorporated 1985)
* Amendments
* Law

Government

Executive:

* President (list): Arif Alvi
* Prime Minister (list): Shehbaz Sharif
* Federal Cabinet
* Federal Agencies
* Civil Service

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Parliament

* Senate

Chairman: Sadiq Sanjrani
Deputy Chairman: Mirza Muhammad Afridi
* National Assembly

Speaker: Vacant
Deputy Speaker: Vacant

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Judiciary

* Supreme Judicial Council
* Supreme Court

Chief Justice
* Supreme Appellate Court Gilgit-Baltistan
* Federal Shariat Court

Shariat Chief Justices
* Islamabad High Court
* Provincial High Courts
* Chief Court Gilgit-Baltistan
* District Courts

Elections

* Election Commission
* Electoral College

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Recent elections

*     * Presidential: 2008
* 2013
* 2018

*     * General: 2008
* 2013
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Political parties

* Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
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Administrative units

Provinces

* Balochistan
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* Punjab
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Territories

* Islamabad

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Autonomous region

* Azad Kashmir
* Gilgit-Baltistan

Federalism

Azad Kashmir government

* President
* Prime Minister
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Provincial governments

* Governors
* Chief Ministers
* Provincial Assemblies

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Local government

* Divisions
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Foreign relations

Diplomacy

* Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Minister: Shah Mehmood Qureshi
* Diplomatic missions of / in Pakistan

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Customs

* Passport
* Visa requirements
* Visa policy

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Regional topics

* Kashmir conflict
* India
* China
* United States

Pakistan portal

* Other countries

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No. | Portrait  | Name  | Entered office  | Left office  | Political party

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1  |  | Liaqat Ali Khan | August 15, 1947  | December 27, 1947  | Pakistan Muslim League
2  |  | Muhammad Zafarullah Khan | December 27, 1947  | October 24, 1954
3  |  | Muhammad Ali Bogra | October 24, 1954  | August 11, 1955
4  |  | Hamidul Huq Choudhury | September 28, 1955  | September 12, 1956  | Krishak Sramik Party
5  |  | Feroz Khan Noon | September 14, 1956  | October 7, 1958  | Republican Party
6  |  | Manzur Qadir | October 29, 1958  | June 8, 1962  | Pakistan Muslim League
7  |  | Muhammad Ali Bogra | June 13, 1962  | January 23, 1963
8  |  | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto | January 24, 1963  | June 30, 1966  |
9  |  | Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada | July 20, 1966  | April 25, 1968
10  |  | Mian Arshad Hussain | April 25, 1968  | April 4, 1969
11  |  | Yahya Khan | April 5, 1969  | December 20, 1971
12  |  | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto | December 20, 1971  | March 28, 1977  | Pakistan Peoples Party
13  |  | Aziz Ahmed | March 30, 1977  | July 5, 1977
14  |  | Agha Shahi | January 14, 1978  | March 9, 1982  |
15  |  | Sahabzada Yaqub Khan | March 21, 1982  | November 1, 1987
16  |  | Zain Noorani | November 1, 1987  | June 9, 1988
17  |  | Sahabzada Yaqub Khan | June 9, 1988  | March 20, 1991  | Pakistan Peoples Party
18  |  | Akram Zaki | April 1991  | 10 September 1991  | Pakistan Muslim League (N)
19  |  | Siddiq Khan Kanju | 10 September 1991  | 18 July 1993
20  |  | Abdul Sattar | July 23, 1993  | October 19, 1993  |
21  |  | Farooq Leghari | October 19, 1993  | November 14, 1993  | Pakistan Peoples Party
22  |  | Asif Ahmad Ali | November 16, 1993  | November 4, 1996
—  |  | Sahabzada Yaqub Khan (Caretaker)  | November 11, 1996  | February 24, 1997  |
23  |  | Gohar Ayub Khan | February 25, 1997  | August 7, 1998  | Pakistan Muslim League (N)
24  |  | Sartaj Aziz | August 7, 1998  | October 12, 1999
25  |  | Abdul Sattar | November 6, 1999  | June 14, 2002  |
26  |  | Inam-ul-Haq | June 21, 2002  | November 23, 2002
27  |  | Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri | November 23, 2002  | November 15, 2007  | Pakistan Muslim League (Q)
28  |  | Inam-ul-Haq | November 15, 2007  | March 24, 2008  |
29  |  | Shah Mehmood Qureshi | March 31, 2008  | February 9, 2011  | Pakistan Peoples Party
30  |  | Hina Rabbani Khar | February 11, 2011  | 16 March 2013
31  |  | Mir Hazar Khan Khoso | 4 April 2013  | 4 June 2013  |
32  |  | Sartaj Aziz | 7 June 2013  | 28 July 2017  | Pakistan Muslim League (N)
33  |  | Khawaja Muhammad Asif | 4 August 2017  | 26 April 2018
34  |  | Khurram Dastgir Khan | 4 May 2018  | 5 June 2018
35  |  | Hussain Haroon | 5 June 2018  | 18 August 2018  |
36  |  | Shah Mahmood Qureshi | 20 August 2018  | 10 April 2022  | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
37  |  | Bilawal Bhutto Zardari | 27 April 2022  |  | Pakistan Peoples Party

## See also[edit]

* Constitution of Pakistan
* President of Pakistan
* Prime Minister of Pakistan
* Finance Minister of Pakistan
* Interior Minister of Pakistan
* Defense Minister of Pakistan

## External links[edit]

* Foreign Ministers of Pakistan (1947-2009)
* Ministry of Foreign Affairs
* Parliamentary Cabinet of Pakistan

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