High Commission of Pakistan in Ottawa
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The High Commission of Pakistan in Ottawa
is the diplomatic mission
of Pakistan
to Canada
. The chancery is located at 10 Range Road in the Sandy Hill
neighbourhood among a cluster of other embassies. It overlooks Strathcona Park
and beyond it the Rideau River
. The building was constructed for future Supreme Court
Chief Justice Francis Anglin in 1912. It was designed by prominent Ottawa architect Werner Ernst Noffke
. The building was purchased by Pakistan in 2004 for $1.6 million under the ambassadorial tenure of Shahid Malik
. Before this the embassy had been located in an office building on Slater Street in downtown. The embassy had previously been located in Sandy Hill, but in 1975 it had been gutted by fire. The ambassadorial residence
is located at 190 Coltrin Road
in Rockcliffe Park.
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
is the diplomatic mission
Diplomatic mission
A diplomatic mission is a group of people from one state or an international inter-governmental organisation present in another state to represent the sending state/organisation in the receiving state...
of Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
to Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. The chancery is located at 10 Range Road in the Sandy Hill
Sandy Hill
Sandy Hill is a bilingual neighbourhood in Ottawa, Ontario located just east of downtown. The neighbourhood is bordered on the west by the Rideau Canal and on the east by the Rideau River. To the north it stretches to Rideau Street and the Byward Market area while to the south it is bordered by...
neighbourhood among a cluster of other embassies. It overlooks Strathcona Park
Strathcona Park
-Parks:*Strathcona Provincial Park in British Columbia, Canada*Strathcona Park in Ottawa, Canada...
and beyond it the Rideau River
Rideau River
thumb|Rapids on the Rideau River opposite [[Carleton University]].The Rideau River is a Southern Ontario river which flows north from Upper Rideau Lake and empties into the Ottawa River at Rideau Falls in Ottawa, Ontario. Its length is 146 km...
. The building was constructed for future Supreme Court
Supreme Court of Canada
The Supreme Court of Canada is the highest court of Canada and is the final court of appeals in the Canadian justice system. The court grants permission to between 40 and 75 litigants each year to appeal decisions rendered by provincial, territorial and federal appellate courts, and its decisions...
Chief Justice Francis Anglin in 1912. It was designed by prominent Ottawa architect Werner Ernst Noffke
W.E. Noffke
W. E. Noffke was a residential architect in Ottawa, Canada. His houses, some of the grandest in the city of the time, are in eclectic style, often with Mediterranean influences...
. The building was purchased by Pakistan in 2004 for $1.6 million under the ambassadorial tenure of Shahid Malik
Shahid Malik
Shahid Rafique Malik is a British Labour Party politician who became the Member of Parliament for Dewsbury in 2005 after defeating Conservative Sayeeda Warsi, now Conservative Chair Baroness Warsi and remained so till 2010 when Conservative candidate Simon Reevell won Dewsbury...
. Before this the embassy had been located in an office building on Slater Street in downtown. The embassy had previously been located in Sandy Hill, but in 1975 it had been gutted by fire. The ambassadorial residence
Ambassadorial residence
An ambassadorial residence is where an ambassador lives, often an official residence. In many cases it is in the same building as the chancery, which houses the embassy . Like embassies, such residences are considered inviolable and, in most cases, extraterritorial.The residences of high...
is located at 190 Coltrin Road
190 Coltrin Road
190 Coltrin Road is the residence of the High Commissioner of Pakistan in Ottawa, Canada. It is located in the enclave of Rockcliffe Park amongst other prestigious ambassadorial residences...
in Rockcliffe Park.
List of High Commissioners
- Shahid MalikShahid MalikShahid Rafique Malik is a British Labour Party politician who became the Member of Parliament for Dewsbury in 2005 after defeating Conservative Sayeeda Warsi, now Conservative Chair Baroness Warsi and remained so till 2010 when Conservative candidate Simon Reevell won Dewsbury...
- Musa Javed ChohanMusa Javed ChohanMusa Javed Chohan is the former High Commissioner of Pakistan to Canada, as well as the former ambassador of Pakistan to France and Pakistan's permanent representative to UNESCO from 2001 to 2003. He has previously served as High Commissioner of Pakistan to Malaysia...
- Naela ChohanNaela ChohanNaela Chohan is a Pakistani diplomat and feminist artist. She has been a member of the Board of Governors of the Pakistan Film Censor Board, and of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Employment Corporation of Pakistan, and Inter State Gas System...
- Farouk Rana, 1996