Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (Pakistan)

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs

State emblem of Pakistan

Incumbent
Vacant

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Style| Sir Minister / Ma’am minister
Member of| Cabinet, National Security Council
Reports to| Foreign Minister of Pakistan
Residence| Islamabad, Pakistan
Nominator| Prime Minister of Pakistan
Appointer| President of Pakistan
Term length| Pleasure of the Prime Minister
Inaugural holder| Aziz Ahmed
Formation| 1972; 52 years ago (1972)

The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (MSFA) is the junior minister within the Cabinet of Pakistan who serves as the second highest-ranking member of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, after the Foreign Minister.

During the absence of a Foreign Minister, Minister of State takes the de facto charge Ministry of Foreign Affairs. There were two such instances in the past; Siddiq Khan Kanju was the effective Foreign Minister from 1991 to 1993 and Inam-ul-Haq for four months in 2002.

## List of ministers of state for foreign affairs of Pakistan[edit]

No.  | Name  | Entered office  | Left office

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1  | Aziz Ahmed | 7 February 1973  | 28 March 1977
2  | Zain Noorani | 10 April 1985  | 29 May 1988
3  | Siddiq Khan Kanju | 10 September 1991  | 18 July 1993
4  | Siddiq Khan Kanju | 11 July 1997  | 12 October 1999
5  | Inam-ul-Haq | 22 June 2002  | 22 November 2002
6  | Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar | 4 September 2004  | 15 November 2007
7  | Nawabzada Malik Amad Khan | 4 November 2008  | 9 February 2011
8  | Hina Rabbani Khar | 11 February 2011  | 20 July 2011
9  | Nawabzada Malik Amad Khan | 20 July 2011  | 25 March 2013
10  | Hina Rabbani Khar | 19 April 2022  | 10 August 2023

## See also[edit]

* Ministry of Foreign Affairs
* Foreign Minister of Pakistan
* Foreign Secretary of Pakistan

## References[edit]

## External links[edit]

* Ministers of State for Foreign Affairs
* Ministry of Foreign Affairs