Minister for Foreign Affairs (Pakistan) explained

Post:Minister of Foreign Affairs
وزیرِ خارجہ
Insignia:State emblem of Pakistan.svg
Insigniasize:100px
Insigniacaption:Emblem of Pakistan
Department:Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Member Of:CabinetNational Security Council
Incumbent:Ishaq Dar
Style:Sir Minister
Residence:Islamabad, Pakistan
Nominator:Prime Minister of Pakistan
Reports To:Prime Minister of Pakistan
Appointer:President of Pakistan
Termlength:At the Prime Minister's pleasure
Deputy:Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
Incumbentsince:11 March 2024

The Minister for Foreign Affairs (or simply the Foreign Minister) is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Pakistan. The minister oversees the federal government's foreign policy and International relations. Their responsibility includes representing Pakistan and its government in the international community. This position is one of the senior-most offices in the Cabinet of Pakistan. The office of the foreign minister was initially held by Liaquat Ali Khan, who also served as the country's first prime minister. Subsequently, several other prime ministers have held the additional charge of the office of the foreign minister.

List of ministers

The following is a list of all the previous foreign ministers of Pakistan to date, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Legend
PortraitName
TenurePartyGovernmentHead of Government
FromToLength
Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs
Liaquat Ali Khan

(Prime Minister)
15 August
1947
27 December
1947
Muslim LeagueLiaquatLiaquat Ali Khan
Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan
27 December
1947
17 October
1951
17 October
1951
17 April
1953
NazimuddinSir Khawaja Nazimuddin
17 April
1953
24 October
1954
BograMohammad Ali Bogra
Mohammad Ali Bogra

(Prime Minister)
24 October
1954
12 August
1955
Hamidul Huq Choudhury
28 September
1955
12 September
1956
Krishak Sramik PartyMohammad AliChaudhry Muhammad Ali
Sir Feroz Khan Noon

(Prime Minister from 16 Dec 1957)
12 September
1956
7 October
1958
Republican PartySuhrawardyHuseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy
ChundrigarI. I. Chundrigar
NoonSelf
Manzur Qadir
29 October
1958
8 June
1962
Muslim LeagueAyubMuhammad Ayub Khan
Mohammad Ali Bogra
13 June
1962
23 January
1963
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
24 January
1963
30 June
1966
Convention Muslim League
Sharifuddin Pirzada
31 August
1966
1 May
1968
Mian Arshad Hussain
1 May
1968
25 March
1969

Yahya Khan

(Chief Martial Law Administrator)
25 March
1969
20 December
1971
Pakistan Army
YahyaSelf
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

(President until 14 Aug 1973
Prime Minister from 14 Aug 1973)
20 December
1971
28 March
1977
Pakistan People's PartyBhuttoZulfikar Ali Bhutto
Aziz Ahmed
30 March
1977
5 July
1977
Agha Shahi
14 January
1978
9 March
1982
IndependentHaqMuhammad Zia-ul-Haq

Sahabzada Yaqub Khan
21 March
1982
1 November
1987
Zain Noorani
1 November
1987
9 June
1988

Sahabzada Yaqub Khan
9 June
1988
17 August
1988
17 August
1988
2 December
1988
Ishaq KhanGhulam Ishaq Khan
4 December
1988
6 August
1990
Pakistan People's PartyBhutto IBenazir Bhutto

Sahabzada Yaqub Khan
6 November
1990
20 March
1991
Muslim League
Nawaz INawaz Sharif
Akram Zaki

April
1991
10 September
1991
Siddiq Khan Kanju

(State Minister)
10 September
1991
18 April
1993
Sharifuddin Pirzada

18 April
1993
26 May
1993
Independent
MazariBalakh Sher Mazari
Siddiq Khan Kanju

(State Minister)
26 May
1993
18 July
1993
Muslim League
Nawaz INawaz Sharif
Abdul Sattar

23 July
1993
19 October
1993
Independent
QureshiMoeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi
Farooq Leghari
19 October
1993
14 November
1993
Pakistan People's PartyBhutto IIBenazir Bhutto
Aseff Ahmad Daula
16 November
1993
4 November
1996

Sahabzada Yaqub Khan

11 November
1996
17 February
1997
Independent
KhalidMalik Meraj Khalid
Gohar Ayub Khan
25 February
1997
7 August
1998
Pakistan Muslim League (N)Nawaz IINawaz Sharif
Sartaj Aziz
7 August
1998
12 October
1999
Abdul Sattar
6 November
1999
14 June
2002
IndependentMusharrafPervez Musharraf
Inam-ul-Haq

(State Minister)
21 June
2002
23 November
2002
Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri
23 November
2002
15 November
2007
Pakistan Muslim League (Q)JamaliZafarullah Khan Jamali
HussainShujaat Hussain
AzizShaukat Aziz
Inam-ul-Haq

15 November
2007
24 March
2008
Independent
SoomroMuhammad Mian Soomro
Shah Mahmood Qureshi
31 March
2008
9 February
2011
Pakistan People's PartyGillaniYousaf Raza Gillani
Hina Rabbani Khar
11 February
2011
19 June
2012
22 June
2012
16 March
2013
AshrafRaja Pervaiz Ashraf
Mir Hazar Khan Khoso

(Prime Minister)
4 April
2013
4 June
2013
Independent
KhosoSelf
Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs
Sartaj Aziz
7 June
2013
28 July
2017
Pakistan Muslim League (N)Nawaz IIINawaz Sharif
Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs
Khawaja Asif
4 August
2017
26 April
2018
Pakistan Muslim League (N)AbbasiShahid Khaqan Abbasi
Khurram Dastgir
11 May
2018
31 May
2018
Abdullah Hussain Haroon
5 June
2018
18 August
2018
Independent
MulkNasirul Mulk
Shah Mahmood Qureshi
20 August
2018
10 April
2022
Pakistan Tehreek-e-InsafImranImran Khan
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari
27 April
2022
10 August
2023
Pakistan People's PartyShehbaz IShehbaz Sharif
Jalil Abbas Jilani
17 August
2023
4 March
2024
Independent
KakarAnwaar ul Haq Kakar
Ishaq Dar

(Deputy Prime Minister)
11 March
2024
IncumbentPakistan Muslim League (N)Shehbaz IIShehbaz Sharif

See also

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