The Islamic Republic of Pakistan emerged as an independent country through the partition of India in August 1947 and was admitted as a United Nations member state in September 1947. It is currently the second-largest country within the Muslim world in terms of population,and is also the only Muslim-majority country in possession of nuclear weapons. De facto,the country shares direct land borders with India,Iran,Afghanistan,and China.
Lieutenant General Sahabzada Mohammad Yaqub Ali KhanSPk was a Pakistani politician,diplomat,military figure,linguist,and a retired general in the Pakistani Army.
Fazal-ur-Rehman is a Pakistani politician who is the president of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F). He is also the president of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM),a coalition of political parties which ousted then prime minister Imran Khan through a no-confidence motion in 2022. He has been a member of the National Assembly since February 2024 and previously served in that position between 1988 and 2018. He was also the Leader of the Opposition from 2004 to 2007. He is a supporter of the Taliban government in Afghanistan and has demanded for its international recognition. In the 1980s,he was part of the Movement for the Restoration of Democracy (MRD),which was formed to end the military regime of General Zia-ul-Haq.
The Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) is the national governing body of association football in Pakistan. It is a member of FIFA,the international governing body of football,and affiliated to the Asian Football Confederation and South Asian Football Federation. The federation was founded in 1947;it also manages the futsal and beach soccer national teams.
Admiral Shahid KarimullahNI(M) HI(M) SJ SI(M) LoM LoH PGAT BJSN is a former officer of Pakistan Navy who served as the country's Chief of Naval Staff from 2002 until 2005.
Masood Khan is a Pakistani-Kashmiri diplomat who is currently serving as Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States. Khan also served as the 27th President of Azad Kashmir. Khan joined the Foreign Service of Pakistan in 1980. From August 2003 to March 2005,he served as the Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,Pakistan’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations and International Organisations in Geneva,Switzerland,from 2005 to 2008,Pakistan's Ambassador to China between September 2008 and September 2012 and as Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations,New York,between October 11,2012 and February 7,2015.
Khawaja Muhammad Asif is a Pakistani politician who serves as the Defence Minister of Pakistan from 19 April 2022. Previously having this post from April 2022 to August 2023 in Shehbaz Sharif's Government. Previously,he had also been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till August 2023. Previously,he was a member of the National Assembly from 1993 to 1999 and again from 2002 to 2018 and till date. Since May 2019 he is nominated by PMLN to act as the Parliamentary Leader in National Assembly,he acted in this role till the dissolution of the assembly in 2023 and again took the charge after elections on 2 March 2024.
Tehmina Janjua(Urdu:تہمینہجنجوعہ) is a retired Pakistani career diplomat who served in BPS-22 grade as the 29th Foreign Secretary of Pakistan. Among her other notable appointments,was her position as Pakistan's Representative to the United Nations in Geneva and as ambassador to Italy,with concurrent accreditation to Albania,San Marino and Slovenia.
Relations between Algeria and Pakistan are excellent. Pakistan was one of the first countries to recognize the Provisional Government of Algerian Republic and its mission was opened in Karachi,the then capital of Pakistan in 1958. Both sides have convergence of views on issues of international importance. Both countries have also been supporting each other in various multilateral forums including UN,OIC and NAM. Algeria has an embassy in Islamabad and Pakistan has an embassy in Algiers.
Shahid Kamal is a retired Pakistani career diplomat. Over his career,he worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;Prime Minister’s Office,United Nations,Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and Pakistani diplomatic missions in Paris,New York,Washington,Stockholm and Berlin.
Asad Umar is a former Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from September 2013 till May 2018 and again from August 2018 to January 2023. He served as the Federal Minister for Planning,Development,Reforms and Special Initiatives,from 19 November 2019 to 10 April 2022.
Javid Husain is a Diplomat,from the Foreign Service of Pakistan,who has had a distinguished career during which he served as the Ambassador of Pakistan to the Netherlands (1992–1995),the Republic of Korea (1995–1997) and Iran (1997–2003). During his tenure at Tehran,he was also the Pakistan Permanent Representative to the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO).
Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry is a Pakistani diplomat and Director General of Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad. He served as the Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States and was succeeded by Ali Jehangir Siddiqui. Previously,he served as the Foreign Secretary of Pakistan,as the Pakistan's Ambassador to the Netherlands and the spokesperson of the Foreign Office.
The Embassy of Palestine in Islamabad is the diplomatic mission of the State of Palestine in Pakistan. The present Palestinian Ambassador to Pakistan is Ahmad Rabaie
Mohammad Zubair Umar is a Pakistani politician who served as 32nd Governor of Sindh from February 2017 to August 2018. Once a prominent leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (N),he served as the Chairman of Privatisation Commission of Pakistan with the status of State Minister from 2013 to 2017. Currently he serves as Chief Spokesperson to Nawaz Sharif's daughter Maryam Safdar.
Syed Abrar Hussain is a retired Pakistani career diplomat best known for his service as Pakistan's Ambassador to Afghanistan,Kuwait and Nepal.
Mohammad Naeem Wardak is the head of the Afghan Embassy in Qatar since 2021 and a spokesman of the Taliban's Political Office since 2020. He also previously served the same office from 2013 to 2015.
Mumtaz Zahra Baloch is a Pakistani diplomat currently serving as Spokesperson and Additional Foreign Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan. Baloch has held various diplomatic positions including Ambassador of Pakistan to Korea,Minister/Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of Pakistan in China,and Counsellor for Political Affairs at the Embassy of Pakistan,Washington,D.C.
Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri is a Pakistani diplomat with over two decades of experience in international relations. He has served in various capacities,including as the Foreign Office Spokesperson and as the Non-Resident High Commissioner to the Solomon Islands.
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