The Foreign Secretary of Pakistan () is the federal secretary for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the government of Pakistan. The Secretary, as in all other ministries of the federal government, is the bureaucratic head of the ministry, who is a BPS-22 grade officer of the Central Superior Services of Pakistan.
The current Foreign Secretary of Pakistan is Amna Baloch since September 11, 2024. Amna Baloch holds the title of being a second woman Foreign Secretary in the history of Pakistan after Tehmina Janjua.
List of Foreign Secretaries
No.Name of Foreign SecretaryEntered OfficeLeft Office1Mohammed Ikramullah15 August 194716 October 19512Mirza Osman Ali Baig16 October 195130 November 19523Akhtar Hussain1 December 19524 June 19534J.A. Rahim4 June 195311 January 19555Sikandar Ali Baig10 October 195530 June 19596Mohammed Ikramullah1 July 195911 May 19617S.K. Dehlavi12 May 196126 July 19638Aziz Ahmed26 July 196323 June 19669S.M. Yusuf24 June 19661 July 197010Sultan Mohammed Khan1 July 197031 March 197211Iftikhar Ali31 March 19721 January 197312Mumtaz Ali Alvie1 January 19737 May 197313Agha Shahi6 July 19736 July 197714Sardar Shah Nawaz6 July 197729 May 198015Riaz Piracha29 May 198010 July 198216Niaz A. Naik11 July 198230 May 198617Abdul Sattar31 May 19862 August 198818Humayun Khan3 August 198822 February 198919Tanvir Ahmad Khan30 December 198930 August 199020Shahryar Khan30 August 199029 March 199421Najmuddin Shaikh30 April 199424 February 199722Shamshad Ahmad25 February 199717 February 200023Inam-ul-Haq17 February 200021 June 200224Riaz Khokhar6 August 200214 February 200525Riaz Mohammad Khan15 February 200525 April 200826Salman Bashir3 May 20083 March 201227Jalil Abbas Jilani3 March 2012December 201328Aizaz Ahmad ChaudhryDecember 2013February 201729Tehmina JanjuaFebruary 2017April 201930Sohail MahmoodApril 20192 December 202231Asad Majeed Khan2 December 202216 August 202332Syrus Sajjad Qazi16 August 202310 September 202433Amna Baloch11 September 2024incumbent
See also Cabinet Secretary of Pakistan Establishment Secretary of Pakistan Aviation Secretary of Pakistan Commerce Secretary of Pakistan Foreign relations of Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan) Minister of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan)
References
External links Former Foreign Secretaries Government of Pakistan