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. The permanent Representative 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.
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List of ambassadors

NameEntered officeLeft office
Syed Itaat Husain19481951
Patras Bokhari19511954
Prince Aly KhanFebruary 1958May 1960
Muhammad Zafrullah Khan19611964
Syed Amjad Ali19641967
Agha Shahi19671972
Iqbal Akhund1972?
Niaz A. Naik19781982
Sardar Shah Nawaz19821989
Jamsheed MarkerSeptember 1990March 1995
Ahmad KamalMarch 1995August 1999
Inam-ul-HaqAugust 1999February 2000
Shamshad AhmadFebruary 2000May 2002
Munir AkramMay 2002September 2008
Hussain HaroonSeptember 2008October 2012
Masood KhanOctober 2012January 2015
Maleeha LodhiFebruary 201530 September 2019
Munir AkramSeptember 2019March 2025
Asim Iftikhar AhmadApril 2025Incumbent