Minister for Foreign Affairs (Pakistan)

Not to be confused with Foreign Secretary (Pakistan).

The Minister for Foreign Affairs (Urdu: وزیرِ خارجہ, romanized: Wazīr-ē Xārjā), 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.

Minister of Foreign Affairs وزیرِ خارجہ Wazīr-ē Xārjā
Emblem of Pakistan
Incumbent Ishaq Dar since 11 March 2024
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Style	Sir Minister
Member of	Cabinet • National Security Council
Reports to	Prime Minister of Pakistan
Residence	Islamabad, Pakistan
Nominator	Prime Minister of Pakistan
Appointer	President of Pakistan
Term length	At the Prime Minister's pleasure
Formation	14 Aug 1947; 78 years ago (14 Aug 1947)
Deputy	Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
Website	www.mofa.gov.pk

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

•   Caretaker minister
• ^† Died in office

	Portrait		Name (Born–Died)	Tenure			Party	Government	Head of Government
				From	To	Length
	Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs
			Liaquat Ali Khan (1947–1951) MCA for East Bengal (Prime Minister)	15 August 1947	27 December 1947	134 days	Muslim League	Liaquat		Liaquat Ali Khan
			Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan (1893–1985) MCA for West Punjab	27 December 1947	17 October 1951	6 years, 301 days
				17 October 1951	17 April 1953			Nazimuddin		Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin
				17 April 1953	24 October 1954			Bogra		Mohammad Ali Bogra
			Mohammad Ali Bogra (1909–1963) MCA for East Bengal (Prime Minister)	24 October 1954	12 August 1955	292 days
			Hamidul Huq Choudhury (1901–1992) MCA for East Bengal	28 September 1955	12 September 1956	350 days	Krishak Sramik Party	Mohammad Ali		Chaudhry Muhammad Ali
			Sir Feroz Khan Noon (1893–1970) MCA for Punjab (Prime Minister from 16 Dec 1957)	12 September 1956	7 October 1958	2 years, 25 days	Republican Party	Suhrawardy		Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy
								Chundrigar		I. I. Chundrigar
								Noon		Self
			Manzur Qadir (1913–1973)	29 October 1958	8 June 1962	3 years, 222 days	Muslim League	Ayub		Muhammad Ayub Khan (President)
			Mohammad Ali Bogra (1909–1963)	13 June 1962	23 January 1963[†]	224 days
			Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928–1979)	24 January 1963	30 June 1966	3 years, 157 days	Convention Muslim League
			Sharifuddin Pirzada (1923–2017)	31 August 1966	1 May 1968	1 year, 244 days
			Mian Arshad Hussain (1910–1987)	1 May 1968	25 March 1969	328 days
			General Yahya Khan (1917–1980) (Chief Martial Law Administrator)	25 March 1969	20 December 1971	2 years, 270 days	Pakistan Army (Non-partisan)	Yahya		Self (President)
			Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928–1979) MNA for 116 Larkana-I (President until 14 Aug 1973 Prime Minister from 14 Aug 1973)	20 December 1971	28 March 1977	5 years, 98 days	Pakistan People's Party	Bhutto		Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
			Aziz Ahmed (1906–1982)	30 March 1977	5 July 1977	97 days
	Position vacant during this interval
			Agha Shahi (1920–2006)	14 January 1978	9 March 1982	4 years, 54 days	Independent	Haq		Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (President)
			Lieutenant General (Retd) Sahabzada Yaqub Khan (1920–2016)	21 March 1982	1 November 1987	5 years, 225 days
			Zain Noorani (1927–1992)	1 November 1987	9 June 1988	221 days
			Lieutenant General (Retd) Sahabzada Yaqub Khan (1920–2016)	9 June 1988	17 August 1988	2 years, 58 days
				17 August 1988	2 December 1988			Ishaq Khan		Ghulam Ishaq Khan (Acting President)
				4 December 1988	6 August 1990		Pakistan People's Party	Bhutto I		Benazir Bhutto
	Caretaker ministry served during this interval
			Lieutenant General (Retd) Sahabzada Yaqub Khan (1920–2016)	6 November 1990	20 March 1991	134 days	Muslim League (IJI)	Nawaz I		Nawaz Sharif
			Akram Zaki (1931–2017) (Acting)	April 1991	10 September 1991	–
			Siddiq Khan Kanju (1951–2001) (State Minister)[a]	10 September 1991	18 April 1993	1 year, 220 days
			Sharifuddin Pirzada (1923–2017) (Caretaker)	18 April 1993	26 May 1993	38 days	Independent (Caretaker)	Mazari		Balakh Sher Mazari (Caretaker)
			Siddiq Khan Kanju (1951–2001) (State Minister)[a]	26 May 1993	18 July 1993	53 days	Muslim League (IJI)	Nawaz I		Nawaz Sharif
			Abdul Sattar (1931–2019) (Caretaker)	23 July 1993	19 October 1993	88 days	Independent (Caretaker)	Qureshi		Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi (Caretaker)
			Farooq Leghari (1940–2010)	19 October 1993	14 November 1993	26 days	Pakistan People's Party	Bhutto II		Benazir Bhutto
			Aseff Ahmad Daula (1940–2022)	16 November 1993	4 November 1996	2 years, 354 days
			Lieutenant General (Retd) Sahabzada Yaqub Khan (1920–2016) (Caretaker)	11 November 1996	17 February 1997	98 days	Independent (Caretaker)	Khalid		Malik Meraj Khalid (Caretaker)
			Gohar Ayub Khan (1937–2023) MNA for 13 Abbottabad-III	25 February 1997	7 August 1998	1 year, 163 days	Pakistan Muslim League (N)	Nawaz II		Nawaz Sharif
			Sartaj Aziz (1929–2024) Senator for Islamabad Capital Territory	7 August 1998	12 October 1999	1 year, 66 days
			Abdul Sattar (1931–2019)	6 November 1999	14 June 2002	2 years, 220 days	Independent	Musharraf		Pervez Musharraf (Chief Executive)
			Inam-ul-Haq (born 1940) (State Minister)	21 June 2002	23 November 2002	155 days
			Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri (born 1941) MNA for 106 Kasur-I	23 November 2002	15 November 2007	4 years, 357 days	Pakistan Muslim League (Q)	Jamali		Zafarullah Khan Jamali
								Hussain		Shujaat Hussain
								Aziz		Shaukat Aziz
			Inam-ul-Haq (born 1940) (Caretaker)	15 November 2007	24 March 2008	130 days	Independent (Caretaker)	Soomro		Muhammad Mian Soomro (Caretaker)
			Shah Mahmood Qureshi (born 1956) MNA for 148 Multan-I	31 March 2008	9 February 2011	2 years, 315 days	Pakistan People's Party	Gillani		Yousaf Raza Gillani
			Hina Rabbani Khar (born 1977) MNA for 177 Muzaffargarh-II	11 February 2011	19 June 2012	2 years, 33 days
				22 June 2012	16 March 2013			Ashraf		Raja Pervaiz Ashraf
			Mir Hazar Khan Khoso (1929–2021) (Prime Minister) (Caretaker)	4 April 2013	4 June 2013	61 days	Independent (Caretaker)	Khoso		Self (Caretaker)
	Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs
			Sartaj Aziz (1929–2024)	7 June 2013	28 July 2017	4 years, 51 days	Pakistan Muslim League (N)	Nawaz III		Nawaz Sharif
	Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs
			Khawaja Asif (born 1949) MNA for 71 Sialkot	4 August 2017	26 April 2018	265 days	Pakistan Muslim League (N)	Abbasi		Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
			Khurram Dastgir (born 1970) MNA for 96 Gujranwala-II	11 May 2018	31 May 2018	20 days
			Abdullah Hussain Haroon (born 1950) (Caretaker)	5 June 2018	18 August 2018	74 days	Independent (Caretaker)	Mulk		Nasirul Mulk (Caretaker)
			Shah Mahmood Qureshi (born 1956) MNA for 156 Multan-III	20 August 2018	10 April 2022	3 years, 233 days	Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf	Imran		Imran Khan
			Bilawal Bhutto Zardari (born 1988) MNA for 200 Larkana	27 April 2022	10 August 2023	1 year, 105 days	Pakistan People's Party	Shehbaz I		Shehbaz Sharif
			Jalil Abbas Jilani (born 1955) (Caretaker)	17 August 2023	4 March 2024	200 days	Independent (Caretaker)	Kakar		Anwaar ul Haq Kakar (Caretaker)
			Ishaq Dar (born 1950) Senator for Punjab (Deputy Prime Minister)	11 March 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 157 days	Pakistan Muslim League (N)	Shehbaz II		Shehbaz Sharif

1. During this period, the Prime Minister retained the authority of the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

See also

• Constitution of Pakistan
• President of Pakistan
• Prime Minister of Pakistan
• Finance Minister of Pakistan
• Interior Minister of Pakistan
• Defense Minister of Pakistan

External links

• Foreign Ministers of Pakistan (1947–2009)
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Parliamentary Cabinet of Pakistan