Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations


The Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations is the diplomatic position representing Pakistan on all platforms of the United Nations in New York City. Apart from the Pakistan Mission to the UN in New York, there is another Pakistan Mission based at the UNO office in 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 Munir Akram, prominent previous holders include Dr. Maleeha Lodhi, Masood Khan and Muhammad Zafarullah Khan.

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 2019incumbent