The Minister for Foreign Affairs (), simply the Foreign Minister, is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Pakistan. The minister oversees the federal government's foreign policy and International relations. Their responsibility includes representing Pakistan and its government in the international community. This position is one of the senior-most offices in the Cabinet of Pakistan. The office of the foreign minister was initially held by Liaquat Ali Khan, who also served as the country's first prime minister. Subsequently, several other prime ministers have held the additional charge of the office of the foreign minister.
List of ministers
The following is a list of all the previous foreign ministers of Pakistan to date, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Legend Caretaker minister Died in office
Portrait Name Tenure Party Government Head of Government From To Length Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs Liaquat Ali Khan(Prime Minister) 15 August1947 27 December1947 Muslim League Liaquat Liaquat Ali Khan Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan 27 December1947 17 October1951 17 October1951 17 April1953 Nazimuddin Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin 17 April1953 24 October1954 Bogra Mohammad Ali Bogra Mohammad Ali Bogra(Prime Minister) 24 October1954 12 August1955 Hamidul Huq Choudhury 28 September1955 12 September1956 Krishak Sramik Party Mohammad Ali Chaudhry Muhammad Ali Sir Feroz Khan Noon(Prime Minister from 16 Dec 1957) 12 September1956 7 October1958 Republican Party Suhrawardy Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy Chundrigar I. I. Chundrigar Noon Self Manzur Qadir 29 October1958 8 June1962 Muslim League Ayub Muhammad Ayub Khan Mohammad Ali Bogra 13 June1962 23 January1963 Zulfikar Ali Bhutto 24 January1963 30 June1966 Convention Muslim League Sharifuddin Pirzada 31 August1966 1 May1968 Mian Arshad Hussain 1 May1968 25 March1969 Yahya Khan(Chief Martial Law Administrator) 25 March1969 20 December1971 Pakistan Army Yahya Self Zulfikar Ali Bhutto(President until 14 Aug 1973Prime Minister from 14 Aug 1973) 20 December1971 28 March1977 Pakistan People's Party Bhutto Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Aziz Ahmed 30 March1977 5 July1977 Agha Shahi 14 January1978 9 March1982 Independent Haq Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq Sahabzada Yaqub Khan 21 March1982 1 November1987 Zain Noorani 1 November1987 9 June1988 Sahabzada Yaqub Khan 9 June1988 17 August1988 17 August1988 2 December1988 Ishaq Khan Ghulam Ishaq Khan 4 December1988 6 August1990 Pakistan People's Party Bhutto I Benazir Bhutto Sahabzada Yaqub Khan 6 November1990 20 March1991 Muslim League Nawaz I Nawaz Sharif Akram Zaki April1991 10 September1991 Siddiq Khan Kanju(State Minister) 10 September1991 18 April1993 Sharifuddin Pirzada 18 April1993 26 May1993 Independent Mazari Balakh Sher Mazari Siddiq Khan Kanju(State Minister) 26 May1993 18 July1993 Muslim League Nawaz I Nawaz Sharif Abdul Sattar 23 July1993 19 October1993 Independent Qureshi Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi Farooq Leghari 19 October1993 14 November1993 Pakistan People's Party Bhutto II Benazir Bhutto Aseff Ahmad Daula 16 November1993 4 November1996 Sahabzada Yaqub Khan 11 November1996 17 February1997 Independent Khalid Malik Meraj Khalid Gohar Ayub Khan 25 February1997 7 August1998 Pakistan Muslim League (N) Nawaz II Nawaz Sharif Sartaj Aziz 7 August1998 12 October1999 Abdul Sattar 6 November1999 14 June2002 Independent Musharraf Pervez Musharraf Inam-ul-Haq(State Minister) 21 June2002 23 November2002 Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri 23 November2002 15 November2007 Pakistan Muslim League (Q) Jamali Zafarullah Khan Jamali Hussain Shujaat Hussain Aziz Shaukat Aziz Inam-ul-Haq 15 November2007 24 March2008 Independent Soomro Muhammad Mian Soomro Shah Mahmood Qureshi 31 March2008 9 February2011 Pakistan People's Party Gillani Yousaf Raza Gillani Hina Rabbani Khar 11 February2011 19 June2012 22 June2012 16 March2013 Ashraf Raja Pervaiz Ashraf Mir Hazar Khan Khoso(Prime Minister) 4 April2013 4 June2013 Independent Khoso Self Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz 7 June2013 28 July2017 Pakistan Muslim League (N) Nawaz III Nawaz Sharif Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs Khawaja Asif 4 August2017 26 April2018 Pakistan Muslim League (N) Abbasi Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Khurram Dastgir 11 May2018 31 May2018 Abdullah Hussain Haroon 5 June2018 18 August2018 Independent Mulk Nasirul Mulk Shah Mahmood Qureshi 20 August2018 10 April2022 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Imran Imran Khan Bilawal Bhutto Zardari 27 April2022 10 August2023 Pakistan People's Party Shehbaz I Shehbaz Sharif Jalil Abbas Jilani 17 August2023 4 March2024 Independent Kakar Anwaar ul Haq Kakar Ishaq Dar(Deputy Prime Minister) 11 March2024 Incumbent Pakistan Muslim League (N) Shehbaz II Shehbaz Sharif
See also
Constitution of Pakistan President of Pakistan Prime Minister of Pakistan Finance Minister of Pakistan Interior Minister of Pakistan Defense Minister of Pakistan
External links Foreign Ministers of Pakistan (1947–2009) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Parliamentary Cabinet of Pakistan