Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations

Ambassador of Pakistan to the United Nations
State emblem of Pakistan
Incumbent Maleeha Lodhi since 6th February 2015
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan)
Style	Her Excellency Ambassador
Residence	Manhattan, NYC
Nominator	Nawaz Sharif
Appointer	Mamnoon Hussain
Term length	3 years
Inaugural holder	Patras Bokhari
Formation	1951
Deputy	Nabeel Munir Deputy Permanent Representative
Website	Pakistan Mission – UN

Pakistan Ambassador to the United Nations or officially the Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations is the diplomatic position representing Pakistan on all platforms of the United Nations (UN) 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 Dr. Maleeha Lodhi, prominent previous holders include Masood Khan and Muhammad Zafarullah Khan.

List of ambassadors

Name	Entered office	Left office
Patras Bokhari	1951	1954
Prince Aly Khan	February 1958	May 1960
Muhammad Zafrulla Khan	1961	1964
Syed Amjad Ali	1964	1967
Agha Shahi	1967	1972
Iqbal Akhund	1972	?
Niaz A. Naik	1978	1982
Sardar Shah Nawaz	1982	1989
Jamsheed Marker	September 1990	March 1995
Ahmad Kamal	March 1995	August 1999
Inam-ul-Haq	August 1999	February 2000
Shamshad Ahmad	February 2000	May 2002
Munir Akram	May 2002	September 2008
Hussain Haroon	September 2009	October 2012
Masood Khan	October 2012	January 2015
Maleeha Lodhi	February 2015	incumbent

References

External links

• Pakistan Mission to the United Nations