List of high commissioners of India to Pakistan


The following people have served as high commissioners or ambassadors from India to Pakistan. Pakistan vacated its membership in the Commonwealth of Nations from January 1972 until August 1989. From 1999 until 2004, and during 2007–2008, Pakistan was suspended from the Commonwealth of Nations.
After the Abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019, Pakistan downgraded diplomatic ties with India, suspending the then-Indian High Commissioner. Since then, the mission is being headed by the Charge d'Affaires.
In August 2023, a 2005-batch IFS officer, Geetika Srivastava was appointed Charge d'Affaires, becoming the first woman to head the Indian mission in Pakistan.

List of high commissioners to Pakistan

High commissioners of India to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (1956–1971)

NameEntered officeLeft office
C.C.Desai19561958
Rajeshwar Dayal19581962
G Parthasarathi19621965
Kewal Singh19651966
Samar Sen19681969
B. K. Acharya19691971
Jai Kumar AtalOctober 1971December 1971

Ambassadors of India to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (1976–1989)

NameEntered officeLeft office
Katyayani Shankar Bajpai19761980
Natwar Singh19801982
K. D. Sharma19821985
S. K. Singh19851989
J. N. DixitApril 1989August 1989

High commissioners of India to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (1989–1999)

NameEntered officeLeft office
J. N. DixitAugust 1989November 1991
Satinder Kumar LambahJanuary 1992July 1995
Satish ChandraAugust 1995December 1998
Gopalaswami ParthasarathyFebruary 1999October 1999