Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations

The Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations () is Pakistan's diplomatic representative to the United Nations (UN). The permanent Representative (UN ambassador) is the head of Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the United Nations in New York, there is another Pakistani Mission based at the United Nations Office at Geneva, Switzerland.

The mission is usually headed by a career foreign service officer, but has historically been led by an eminent personalities from business, media, law and other areas and are usually political appointees. The current holder of the position is Asim Iftikhar Ahmed; prominent previous holders include Munir Akram, Dr. Maleeha Lodhi, Masood Khan and Muhammad Zafarullah Khan.

List of ambassadors

NameEntered officeLeft officeSyed Itaat Husain1948 1951Patras Bokhari19511954Prince Aly KhanFebruary 1958May 1960Muhammad Zafrullah Khan19611964Syed Amjad Ali19641967Agha Shahi19671972Iqbal Akhund1972 1978Niaz A. Naik1978 1982Sardar Shah Nawaz1982 1989Jamsheed MarkerSeptember 1990March 1995Ahmad KamalMarch 1995August 1999Inam-ul-HaqAugust 1999February 2000Shamshad AhmadFebruary 2000May 2002Munir AkramMay 2002September 2008Hussain HaroonSeptember 2008October 2012 Masood Khan October 2012 January 2015 Maleeha Lodhi February 2015 October 2019 Munir Akram November 2019 March 2025 Asim Iftikhar Ahmad April 2025 Incumbent

References

External links Pakistan Mission to the United Nations