Pakistan Ambassador to the United Nations or officially the Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations is the diplomatic head representing 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...

 on all platforms of the United Nations (UNO

United Nations

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) in New York City

New York City

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. Apart from the Pakistan Mission to the UN in New York, there is another Pakistan Mission based at the UNO office in Geneva

Geneva

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, Switzerland

Switzerland

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The Mission is usually headed by a career Foreign service officer, but has historically been led by an eminent personalities from business, media, law and other areas and are usually political appointees. The current ambassador is Hussain Haroon

Hussain Haroon

Abdullah Hussain Haroon is the current Pakistan Ambassador to the United Nations since September 2008. A scion of the Haroon family, he is a businessman, social activist and a former Sindh Assembly speaker who was a board member of various educational institutes, sports associations and charity...

, who was appointed by the PPP-led coalition in July 2008 after the dismissal of veteran Munir Akram

Munir Akram

Munir Akram, HQA was Pakistan Ambassador to the United Nations from 2002 to 2008. Following a regime change in 2008, Ambassador Akram stepped down to pursue a career in the private sector...

 because he opposed seeking United Nations help to interrogate Benazir Bhutto's assassination

Assassination of Benazir Bhutto

The assassination of Benazir Bhutto occurred on 27 December 2007 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Bhutto, twice Prime Minister of Pakistan and then-leader of the opposition Pakistan Peoples Party, had been campaigning ahead of elections due in January 2008...

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List of ambassadors

Name of Ambassador	Entered Office	Left Office
Patras Bokhari Patras Bokhari Syed Ahmed Shah HI, was an Urdu humourist, educator, essayist, broadcaster and diplomat from Pakistan...	1951	1954
Prince Aly Khan Prince Aly Khan Prince Ali Solomone Aga Khan , known as Aly Khan was a son of Aga Khan III, the head of the Ismaili Muslims, and the father of Aga Khan IV. A socialite, racehorse owner and jockey, he was the third husband of actress Rita Hayworth...	February 1958	May 1960
Muhammad Zafrulla Khan Muhammad Zafrulla Khan Chaudhry Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, KCSI was a Pakistani politician, diplomat, international jurist, and scholar of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, known for drafting the Pakistan Resolution, for his representation of Pakistan at the United Nations, and serving as a judge at the International...	1961	1964
Syed Amjad Ali Syed Amjad Ali Syed Amjad Ali was a Pakistani civil servant who served at many portfolios in the Government of Pakistan. He held numerous positions, including Pakistan's Ambassador to the U.S...	1964	1967
Agha Shahi Agha Shahi Agha Shahi NI was a Pakistani diplomat and Foreign Minister of Pakistan from 1977 to 1982, during the regime of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. He served as the President of the Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad till his death.-Diplomatic career:Shahi gained M.Sc...	1967	1972
Iqbal Akhund	1972	??
Niaz A. Naik	1978	1982
Sardar Shah Nawaz	1982	1989
Jamsheed Marker Jamsheed Marker Jamsheed Kaikobad Ardeshir Marker, HI, is a veteran Pakistani diplomat. Reportedly, he is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as having been ambassador to more countries than any other person...	September 1990	March 1995
Ahmad Kamal Ahmad Kamal Ahmed Kamal is a retired Pakistani diplomat, most noted for his work at the United Nations. He served as a professional diplomat in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan for close to forty years until his retirement in 1999...	March 1995	August 1999
Inam-ul-Haq Inam-ul-Haq Inam-ul-Haq is a Pakistani career diplomat who served as the Foreign Minister of Pakistan in the caretaker government of Muhammad Mian Soomro for four months in the winter of 2007-2008...	August 1999	February 2000
Shamshad Ahmad	February 2000	May 2002
Munir Akram Munir Akram Munir Akram, HQA was Pakistan Ambassador to the United Nations from 2002 to 2008. Following a regime change in 2008, Ambassador Akram stepped down to pursue a career in the private sector...	May 2002	September 2008
Hussain Haroon Hussain Haroon Abdullah Hussain Haroon is the current Pakistan Ambassador to the United Nations since September 2008. A scion of the Haroon family, he is a businessman, social activist and a former Sindh Assembly speaker who was a board member of various educational institutes, sports associations and charity...	September 2009	Incumbent