Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (Pakistan)

The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (MSFA) is the junior minister within the Cabinet of Pakistan who serves as the second highest-ranking member of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, after the Foreign Minister.

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
State emblem of Pakistan
Incumbent Vacant
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Style	Sir Minister / Ma’am minister
Member of	Cabinet, National Security Council
Reports to	Foreign Minister of Pakistan
Residence	Islamabad, Pakistan
Nominator	Prime Minister of Pakistan
Appointer	President of Pakistan
Term length	Pleasure of the Prime Minister
Inaugural holder	Aziz Ahmed
Formation	1972; 53 years ago (1972)

During the absence of a Foreign Minister, Minister of State takes the de facto charge Ministry of Foreign Affairs. There were two such instances in the past; Siddiq Khan Kanju was the effective Foreign Minister from 1991 to 1993 and Inam-ul-Haq for four months in 2002.

List of ministers of state for foreign affairs of Pakistan

No.	Name	Entered office	Left office
1	Aziz Ahmed	7 February 1973	28 March 1977
2	Zain Noorani	10 April 1985	29 May 1988
3	Siddiq Khan Kanju	10 September 1991	18 July 1993
4	Siddiq Khan Kanju	11 July 1997	12 October 1999
5	Inam-ul-Haq	22 June 2002	22 November 2002
6	Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar	4 September 2004	15 November 2007
7	Nawabzada Malik Amad Khan	4 November 2008	9 February 2011
8	Hina Rabbani Khar	11 February 2011	20 July 2011
9	Nawabzada Malik Amad Khan	20 July 2011	25 March 2013
10	Hina Rabbani Khar	19 April 2022	10 August 2023

See also

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Foreign Minister of Pakistan
• Foreign Secretary of Pakistan