List of international trips made by Presidents of Pakistan

The President of Pakistan is the head of state of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. During the tenure presidents visit different countries. The following is the list of foreign trips of Presidents of Pakistan.

*Foreign visits (especially private visits) which don't include any considerable engagement are excluded from this list.

Pervez Musharraf

Chief Executive: 12 October 1999 - 21 November 2002

President: 20 June 2001 - 18 August 2008

President of Pakistan General Pervez Musharraf meeting with President of Poland Lech Kaczyński in Warsaw, 23 April 2007.

1999

Country	Date/s	Engagements	Ref.
Saudi Arabia	25-27 October	Met with King Fahd.	[1]
UAE		Met with President Zayed bin Sultan.
Qatar	7-9 November	Met with Emir of Qatar
Turkey		Met with President Süleyman Demirel. Visited Mustafa Kemal Atatürk shrine.
Kuwait		Met with Emir of Kuwait.
Bahrain	8-9 December	Met with Emir Hamad bin Isa.
Iran		Met with Khamenei and President Khatami.

2000

Country	Date/s	Engagements	Ref.
China	17-18 January	Met with President Jiang Zemin and Premier Zhu Rongji.	[2]
Malaysia	27 March - 4 April	Met with Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.	[3]
Singapore		Met with Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong.
Indonesia		Met with President Abdurrahman Wahid.
Brunei		Met with Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah.
Thailand		Met with Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai.
France	9-19 April	Musharraf met French Foreign Minister Hubert Védrine.	[4]
Cuba		Attended "The South Summit of G77 ". Met with President Fidel Castro.
Egypt		Met with President Hosni Mubarak and PM Atef Ebeid.
Libya		Met with Leader of Libya Muammar Gaddafi.
Turkmenistan	15-16 May	Met with President Saparmurat Niyazov.	[5]
Iran	10-12 June	Attended "6th ECO Summit".	[6]
Oman		Met with Sultan Qaboos bin Said.
Turkmenistan	6-7 November	Met with President Saparmurat Niyazov.	[7]
Kazakhstan		Met with President Nursultan Nazarbayev.
Qatar	12-14 November	Attended "9th OIC Summit".	[8]

2001

Country	Date/s	Engagements	Ref.
Syria	7-10 January	Met with President Bashar al-Assad and Prime Minister Muhammad Mero.	[9]
Jordan		Met with King Abdullah II.
Lebanon		Met with President Émile Lahoud.
Egypt	24-25 February	Attended "D-8 Summit".	[10]
India	14-16 July	Attended Agra Summit but it was ended without any conclusion.	[11]
Iran	7-14 November	Stopover. Met with First Vice President Reza Aref.	[12]
France		Met with President Jacques Chirac.
UK		Met with PM Tony Blair.
USA		Attended UNGA session. Met with US President George W. Bush.
Turkey		Met with PM Bülent Ecevit.
China	20-24 December	Met with President and Vice President of China.	[13]

2002

Country	Date/s	Engagements	Ref.
China	3-6 January	Met with Premier of China.	[14]
Nepal		Attended "11th SAARC Summit".
USA	12-14 February	Met with President Bush and Defense secretary Rumsfeld.	[15]
Japan	13-16 March	Met with Emperor Akihito and PM Junichiro Koizumi.	[16]
Afghanistan	2 April	Met Afghan Interim Administration chairman, Hamid Karzai.	[17]
Tajikistan	2-4 June	Met with President Emomali Rahmon.	[18]
Kazakhstan		Attended "1st CICA Summit". Also met Presidents of China and Russia.
UAE	10-12 June	Met with President Zayed bin Sultan.	[19]
Saudi Arabia		Met with Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdulaziz.
Bangladesh	29 July - 2 August	Met with PM Khaleda Zia.	[20]
Sri Lanka		Met with PM Ranil Wickremesinghe.
China		Met with President Jiang Zemin.
USA	12 September	Attended UNGA session.	[21]
Turkey	14 October	Attended "7th ECO Summit".	[22]
Saudi Arabia	28-29 October	Met with King Fahd.	[23]

2003

Country	Date/s	Engagements	Ref.
Russia	5-6 February	Met with Russian President Vladimir Putin.	[24]
Malaysia	23-25 February	Attended "13th NAM Summit".	[25]
Saudi Arabia	11 June	Met with Crown Prince Abdullah.	[26]
UK	17 June - 4 July	Met with PM Tony Blair.	[27]
USA		Met with President Bush in Washington and Camp David. Visited Boston and Los Angeles.
Germany		Met with German President Johannes Rau.
France		Met with President Jacques Chirac.
Tunisia	14-19 July	Met with President Zine El Abidine.	[28]
Algeria		Met with President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.
Morocco		Met with King Mohammed VI.
Malaysia	14-18 October	Attended "10th OIC Summit". Met with President Putin.	[29]
USA	24-26 September	Attended "UNGA Session". Met with POTUS and UNSG.	[30]
Canada		Met with PM Jean Chrétien.
China	1-7 November	Met with President Hu Jintao. Attended "Boao Forum for Asia".	[31]
South Korea		Met with President Roh Moo-hyun.

2004

Country	Date/s	Engagements	Ref.
Turkey	20–24 January	Met with President Ahmet Necdet Sezer.	[32]
Switzerland		Attended "World Economic Forum Conference".
Saudi Arabia	6-7 March	Met with King Fahd and Crown Prince Abdullah. Also performed Umrah.	[33]
Sweden	4-8 July	Met with PM Göran Persson.	[34]
Finland		Met with President Tarja Halonen.
Azerbaijan	8-10 July	Met with President Ilham Aliyev.	[35]
USA	21-30 September	Attended "UNGA Session". Met with POTUS and UNSG.	[36]
Netherlands		Met with Deputy Prime Minister Gerrit Zalm.
Italy		Met with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and Pope John Paul II.
Afghanistan	6 November	Met with President Hamid Karzai.	[37]
Turkey	26 November - 9 December	Stopover. Met with President Ahmet Necdet Sezer.	[38]
Morocco		Stopover. Met with PM Driss Jettou.
Senegal		Stopover. Met with President Abdoulaye Wade .	[39]
Brazil		Met with President Luiz Inácio Lula in Brasília. Visited Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.	[40]
Argentina		Met with President Néstor Kirchner.
Mexico		Met with President Vicente Fox.
USA		Met with President Bush.
UK		Met with PM Tony Blair.
France		Met with President Jacques Chirac.

2005

Country	Date/s	Engagements	Ref.
Lebanon	5-8 March	Visited grave of Ex-Lebanonise PM Rafic Hariri. Met with his family to condole his death.	[41]
Uzbekistan		Met with President Islam Karimov.	[42]
Kyrgyzstan		Met with President Askar Akayev.
India	16-24 April	Met with PM Manmohan Singh. Visited Mu'in al-Din Chishti shrine. Watched 6th ODI of Pakistani team in India in 2004–05.	[43]
Philippines		Met with President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
Indonesia		Attended "50th anniversary of Afro-Asian Conference". Met with President Susilo Bambang.
UAE	4-6 June	Met with President Khalifa bin Zayed.	[44]
Qatar		Met with Emir of Qatar Hamad bin Khalifa.
Australia	13-19 June	Met with Prime Minister John Howard in Canberra. Also visited Sydney.	[45]
New Zealand		Met with Prime Minister Helen Clark.
Thailand		Met with Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
Saudi Arabia	25-26 June	Met with Crown Prince Abdullah. Performed Umrah and visited Prophet's Mosque.	[46]
USA	14-17 September	Addressed "2005 World Summit". Met with PM Manmohan Singh,[47] also met Prime Minister of Israel Ariel Sharon (informally).[48] Held dinner meeting with members of American Jewish Congress.[49]	[50]
Kuwait	3-8 December	Met with Emir Jaber Al-Ahmad.	[51]
Yemen		Met with President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
Saudi Arabia		Attended "3rd Extraordinary OIC Summit".

2006

Country	Date/s	Engagements	Ref.
UAE	22-29 January	Met with Vice President of UAE to condole over death of Ex-PM Maktoum bin Rashid.	[52]
Norway		Met with Harald V and PM Jens Stoltenberg.
Switzerland		Attended "World Economic Forum Conference".
China	19-23 February	Met with President Hu Jintao, signed multiple agreements, visited Sichuan.	[53]
UAE	18 April	Met with Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi. Watched 1st ODI of 2005–06 DLF Cup.	[54]
China	15-17 June	Attended "6th SCO Head of State Summit". Met with President Hu and Putin.	[55]
Kazakhstan		Attended "2nd CICA Summit".	[56]
Afghanistan	6-7 September	Met with President Hamid Karzai, held talks about Al-Qaeda and Taliban.	[57]
Belgium	11-29 September	Met with PM of Belgium, Pres. of the European Commission, Pres. of the European Parliament and others.	[58]
Cuba		Attended "14th NAM Summit". Met with Indian PM Manmohan Singh.
USA		Attended "UNGA Session". Met with President Bush and Karzai.
UK		Met with British PM Tony Blair.

2007

Country	Date/s	Engagements	Ref.
Saudi Arabia	20-24 January	Met with King Abdullah.	[59]
Egypt		Met with President Hosni Mubarak.
Jordan		Met with Abdullah II.
Syria		Met with President Bashar al-Assad.
UAE		Met with President Khalifa bin Zayed.	[60]
Indonesia	30–31 January	Met with President Susilo Bambang.	[61]
Malaysia		Met with PM Abdullah Ahmad.
Iran	5–6 February	Met with Supreme Leader and President of Iran.	[62]
Turkey		Met with President Ahmet Necdet Sezer.
Poland	22–30 April	Met with President Lech Kaczyński and PM Jarosław Kaczyński.	[63]
Spain		Met with PM José Luis.
Bosnia and Herzegovina		Met with Chairman of Presidency Nebojša Radmanović.
Turkey		Attended "Afghan-Pak-Turk Trilateral Summit".
UAE	27–28 July	Met with Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Mohamed bin Zayed. Held secret meeting with People's Party Chairperson Benazir Bhutto.[64]	[65]
Saudi Arabia		Met with King Abdullah and performed Umrah.
	20 November	Met with King Abdullah.	[66]

2008

Country	Dates	Engagements	Ref.
Belgium	20–28 January	Met with PM of Belgium Guy Verhofstadt, also met Javier Solana. Addressed Pakistani community.	[67]
France		Met with French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
Switzerland		Attended "World Economic Forum Conference".
UK		Met with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
China	10-15 April	Attended "Boao Forum for Asia". Met with President Jintao and Premier Jiabao, also visited Ürümqi.	[68]

Asif Ali Zardari

President: 9 September 2008 - 9 September 2013

President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari meeting with Prime Minister of Japan Naoto Kan in Tokyo, 22 February 2011.

2008

Country	Date/s	Engagements	Ref.
UK	16 September	Met with British PM Gordon Brown.	[69]
USA	23 September	Attended "UNGA session" and met President Bush.	[70]
China	14–17 October	Met with Chinese President Hu Jintao.	[71]
Saudi Arabia	4–5 November	Met with King Abdullah.	[72]
USA	12-14 November	Attended "UNGA Session on Culture and Peace".	[73]
UAE	24–25 November	Met with President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.	[74]
Turkey	4–6 December	Attended "2nd Afghan-Pak-Turk Trilateral Summit".	[75]

2009

Country	Date/s	Engagements	Ref.
Afghanistan	6-7 January	Held meeting with President Hamid Karzai.	[76]
China	20-23 February	Met with State Councilor of China Dai Bingguo.	[77]
Iran	10-11 March	Attended 10th ECO Summit. Met with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.	[78]
Turkey	31 March -1 April	Attended "3rd Afghan-Pak-Turk Trilateral Summit".	[79]
Japan	15–17 April	Attended Friends of Democratic Pakistan conference. Met Emperor Akihito and PM Tarō Asō.	[80]
China	17-19 April	Attended "Boao Forum for Asia".	[81]
Libya	30 April - 2 May	Met with Leader of Libya Muammar Gaddafi.	[82]
USA	5–8 May	Held trilateral meeting with Presidents of USA and Afghanistan.	[83]
UK	13-14 May	Met with PM Gordon Brown.	[84]
France	15–18 May	Met with French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Signed France–Pakistan Nuclear Deal	[85]
Iran	24 May	Attended "Afghanistan-Iran-Pakistan Trilateral Summit".	[86]
Russia	15-16 June	Attended "9th SCO Head of State Summit". Met with Presidents of Afghanistan and Russia (trilaterally)[87] and PM of India.[88]	[89]
Belgium	16–19 June	Attended "1st Pak-EU Summit". Addressed North Atlantic Council.	[90]
Tajikistan	28–30 July	Attended "1st Afghan-Pak-Rus-Tajik Quadrilateral Summit".	[91]
China	21-25 August	Visited China's two Economic Development Models Zhejiang and Guangdong. Met with FM Yang Jiechi.	[92]
UK	26-28 August	Discussed shared threat of terrorism with PM Brown. Met with MQM leader Altaf Hussain.[93]	[94]
USA	24–25 September	Attended "FDP Summit"[95] and "UNGA Session".	[96]
Italy	28–30 September	Met with PM of Italy Silvio Berlusconi and Pope Benedict XVI.	[97]

2010

Country	Date/s	Engagements	Ref.
Syria	8-9 January	Met with President Bashar al-Assad.	[98]
Turkey	24-26 January	Attended "4th Afghan-Pak-Turk Trilateral Summit"[99] and "Istanbul Summit on Friendship and Cooperation in the Heart of Asia".	[100]
Uzbekistan	10–11 June	Attended "10th SCO Head of State Summit". Met with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.	[101]
China	6–11 July	Met with President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao. Visited pavilions at Expo 2010.	[102]
France	1–3 August	Held 45 minutes meeting with French President, talked about Pakistan's role against terrorism.	[103]
UK	3-7 August	Considered as a controversial visit. Met with PM David Cameron.	[104]
Syria	9 August	Stopover. Met with President Bashar al-Assad.	[105]
Russia	18 August	Attended "2nd Afghan-Pak-Rus-Tajik Quadrilateral Summit".	[106]
China	11-13 November	Met with Premier of China. Attended the "Opening Ceremony of 16th Asian Games".	[107]
Sri Lanka	27–30 November	Met with President Mahinda Rajapaksa.	[108]
Turkey	22-24 December	Attended "11th ECO Summit" and "5th Afghan-Pak-Turk Trilateral Summit".	[109]

2011

Country	Date/ Month	Engagements	Ref.
USA	14 January	Met with President Obama. Attended the Memorial Service of Richard Holbrooke.	[110]
UAE	17-18 January	Attended "4th World Future Energy Summit". Met with UN Secretary-General and PM of UAE.	[111]
	February	2 hours visit to talk with UAE government for the dispute resolution with Etisalat.	[112]
Japan	21–23 February	Met with Prime Minister Naoto Kan.	[113]
Turkey	11–14 April	Held meeting with President and Prime Minister of Turkey.	[114]
Kuwait	7–8 May	Met with Emir of Kuwait Sabah Al-Ahmad.	[115]
Russia	11–13 May	Held meeting with President Dmitry Medvedev.	[116]
Kazakhstan	14-15 June	Attended "11th SCO Head of State Summit".	[117]
Iran	25-26 June	Attended "Global Fight Against Terrorism Summit". Met with Ayatollah Khamenei.	[118]
	16 July	Met with Supreme Leader and President of Iran.	[119]
Saudi Arabia	20–21 July	Met with King Abdullah.	[120]
Bahrain	17 August	Met with King Hamad bin Isa.	[121]
China	30 August - 1 September	Participated in 1st China-Eurasia Expo. Met with Vice Premier of China.	[122]
Tajikistan	1–2 September	Attended "3rd Afghan-Pak-Rus-Tajik Quadrilateral Summit".	[123]
Jordan	21-23 October	Attended "WEF meeting on Economic Growth and Job Creation in Arab World". Met with Abdullah II.	[124]
Saudi Arabia	25 October	Attended the funeral of Sultan bin Abdulaziz. Met with Nayef bin Abdulaziz to condole his death.	[125]
Turkey	31 October - 1 November	Attended "6th Afghan-Pak-Turk Trilateral Summit".	[126]

2012

Country	Date/s	Engagements	Ref.
Myanmar	24–25 January	Met with President Thein Sein and Suu Kyi.	[127]
Tajikistan	24–26 March	Attended " Afghan-Iran-Pak-Turk Quadrilateral Summit", "RECCA V Summit" and "Nawroz Festival".	[128]
India	8 April	Met with PM Manmohan Singh. Visited Mu'in al-Din Chishti shrine.	[129]
USA	19–21 May	Attended "2012 Chicago NATO Summit". Met with President Obama, Karzai[130] and US SecState, Hillary Clinton.[131]	[132]
China	5–7 June	Attended "2012 Beijing SCO Summit". Met with President of China.	[133]
UK	27-30 June	Attended "Graduation ceremony of Bakhtawar Bhutto".[134] Met with First Secretary of State William Hague, also met Altaf Hussain.[135]	[136]
Saudi Arabia	13-15 August	Attended "4th Extraordinary OIC Summit".	[137]
Iran	29–31 August	Attended "16th NAM Summit". Met with Iran's Supreme Leader and PM of India.	[138]
USA	24–25 September	Attended "UNGA Session". Met with Hillary Clinton.	[139]
Azerbaijan	15–16 October	Attended "12th ECO Summit". Met with President of Azerbaijan.	[140]
Qatar	6–7 November	Met with Emir of Qatar.	[141]
South Korea	3–5 December	Met with President Lee Myung-bak.	[142]
France	9–11 December	President Zardari and DG UNESCO hosted the event “Stand up for Malala – Stand up for girls’ right to education”. Zardari also met President of France.	[143]
Turkey	11-13 December	Attended "7th Afghan-Pak-Turk Trilateral Summit".	[144]

2013

Country	Date/s	Engagements	Ref.
Iran	27–28 February	Met with Supreme Leader and President of Iran. Negotiated about IP Gas project.	[145]
	11 March	Inaugurated the construction of IP Gas project with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.	[146]
	3-4 August	Attended "First inauguration of Hassan Rouhani" and met him.	[citation needed]

Mamnoon Hussain

President: 9 September 2013 - 9 September 2018

President of Pakistan Mamnoon Hussain at 18th SCO Head of State Summit in Qingdao, 10 June 2018.

2014

Country	Date/s	Engagements	Ref.
China	18–21 February	Met with President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang and Zhang Dejiang.	[147]
Afghanistan	27 March	Attended "Nawroz Festival" and met President Hamid Karzai.	[148]
China	20–22 May	Attended the "4th CICA Summit" and met President Xi.	[149]
Nigeria	9–12 June	Met with President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan.	[150]
Turkey	28-29 August	Attended the "Inaugural Ceremony of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan".	[151]
Afghanistan	29 September	Attended the "Inauguration Ceremony on President Ashraf Ghani" and met him.	[152]

2015

Country	Date/s	Engagements	Ref.
Azerbaijan	11-14 March	Met with President Ilham Aliyev.	[153]
Turkey	22-26 April	Met with President of Turkey Erdoğan.	[154]
Saudi Arabia	15-25 June	Met King Salman and performed Umrah.	[155]

2016

Country	Date/s	Engagements	Ref.
Indonesia	6–7 March	Attended the 5th Extraordinary OIC Summit. Met with President Joko Widodo.	[156]
Sri Lanka	8 March	Met with President of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena.	[157]
Turkey	13-15 April	Attended "13th OIC Summit". Also met President of Turkey and Belarus, PM of Niger and Chief Executive of Afghanistan.	[158]
Uzbekistan	22–24 June	Attended the "16th SCO Head of States Summit". Held meeting with President of Uzbekistan.	[159]
Qatar	22–25 October	Met with Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani.	[160]

2017

Country	Date/s	Engagements	Ref.
Saudi Arabia	7-18 June	Met King Salman and performed Umrah.	[161]
Kazakhstan	9-12 September	Attended the OIC Science and Technology Summit and Expo 2017.	[162]
Turkmenistan	16–18 September	Attended the Opening Ceremony of "5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games". Also met President of Turkmenistan.	[163]

2018

Country	Date/s	Engagements	Ref.
China	8-10 June	Attended "2018 Qingdao SCO summit". Met with President Xi, also met Indian PM Modi (informally).	[164]
Tajikistan	19–22 June	Attended "International Decade for Action-Water for Sustainable Development 2018-28" conference. Also met President of Tajikistan.	[165]
Turkey	8–10 July	Attended the "2nd Inaugural Ceremony of President Erdoğan".	[166]
UK	26–27 August	Unofficial tour. Visited Kulsoom Nawaz in Hospital in London.[167] Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh had awarded honorary degree to President Mamnoon.	[168]

Arif Alvi

President: 9 September 2018 - 10 March 2024

President of Pakistan Arif Alvi meeting with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev in Baku, 26 October 2019.

2018

Country	Date/s	Engagements	Ref.
Turkey	28–30 October	Met with President of Turkey and Kyrgyzstan. Attended inauguration of Istanbul Airport and reception on 95th Republic Day of Turkey.	[169]
Saudi Arabia	9–15 December	Met With King Salman Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud.	[170]

2019

Country	Date/s	Engagements	Ref.
Japan	20-24 October	Met with PM Shinzo Abe and attended the "Enthronement Ceremony of Emperor Naruhito".	[171]
Azerbaijan	25-26 October	Attended 18th NAM Summit and met with President Ilham Aliyev	[172]

2020

Country	Date/s	Engagements	Ref.
China	16-17 March	President Arif met with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.	[173]
Kuwait	5 October	Met with Emir of Kuwait Nawaf Al-Ahmad, condoles over death of Sabah Al-Ahmad.	[174]

2021

Country	Date/s	Engagements	Ref.
Turkey	14-16 August	President Arif Alvi met with President of Turkey.	[175]
UAE	9-10 October	President Arif Alvi inaugurates Pakistan Pavilion at Expo 2020. Met with Prime Minister of UAE Mohammed bin Rashid.	[176]
Turkmenistan	27-28 November	Attended "15th ECO Summit". Met with Presidents of Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Iran.	[177]

2023

Country	Date/s	Engagements	Ref.
Saudi Arabia	25 June - 4 July	Alvi performed Hajj. Met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, also met President of Bangladesh (informally).[178]	[179]

Asif Ali Zardari

President: 10 March 2024–Present

2024

Country	Date/s	Engagements	Ref.
Turkmenistan	10–11 October	Attended "Interrelation of Times and Civilization - Basis of Peace and Development" Forum Dedicated to 300th anniversary of Magtymguly Pyragy. Met President Berdimuhamedow, also met Putin (informally).[180]	[181]

2025

Country	Date/s	Engagements	Ref.
China	4-8 February	Zardari met President Xi Jinping. Attended the "Opening Ceremony of 9th Asian Winter Games".	[182]
Turkey	10 February	Stopover. Met with President Erdoğan.	[183]
Portugal	10-11 February	Met with Aga Khan V, condoles over death of Aga Khan IV. Also met President of Portugal.

See also

• List of presidents of Pakistan