Foreign Secretary (Pakistan)


The Foreign Secretary of Pakistan is the Federal Secretary of the Ministry of [Foreign Affairs (Pakistan)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]. The Secretary, as in all other ministries of Government of Pakistan, 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 Office
1Mohammed Ikramullah15 August 194716 October 1951
2Mirza Osman Ali Baig16 October 195130 November 1952
3Akhtar Hussain1 December 19524 June 1953
4J.A. Rahim4 June 195311 January 1955
5Sikandar Ali Baig10 October 195530 June 1959
6Mohammed Ikramullah1 July 195911 May 1961
7S.K. Dehlavi12 May 196126 July 1963
8Aziz Ahmed26 July 196323 June 1966
9S.M. Yusuf24 June 19661 July 1970
10Sultan Mohammed Khan1 July 197031 March 1972
11Iftikhar Ali31 March 19721 January 1973
12Mumtaz Ali Alvie1 January 19737 May 1973
13Agha Shahi6 July 19736 July 1977
14Sardar Shah Nawaz6 July 197729 May 1980
15Riaz Piracha29 May 198010 July 1982
16Niaz A. Naik11 July 198230 May 1986
17Abdul Sattar31 May 19862 August 1988
18Humayun Khan3 August 198822 February 1989
19Tanvir Ahmad Khan30 December 198930 August 1990
20Shahryar Khan30 August 199029 March 1994
21Najmuddin Shaikh30 April 199424 February 1997
22Shamshad Ahmad25 February 199717 February 2000
23Inam-ul-Haq17 February 200021 June 2002
24Riaz Khokhar6 August 200214 February 2005
25Riaz Mohammad Khan15 February 200525 April 2008
26Salman Bashir3 May 20083 March 2012
27Jalil Abbas Jilani3 March 2012December 2013
28Aizaz Ahmad ChaudhryDecember 2013February 2017
29Tehmina JanjuaFebruary 2017April 2019
30Sohail MahmoodApril 20192 December 2022
31Asad Majeed Khan2 December 202216 August 2023
32Syrus Sajjad Qazi16 August 202310 September 2024
33Amna Baloch11 September 2024incumbent