The embassy of Pakistan in Washington, D.C.

Embassy of Pakistan in Washington, D.C.

The Embassy of Pakistan in Washington, D.C. is the diplomatic mission of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to the United States. It is located at 3517 International Court, Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Cleveland Park neighborhood....

 was built in 28 August 1947, when Pakistan attained independence from Great Britain

Great Britain

Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...

 and separated from India to form the Dominion of Pakistan

Dominion of Pakistan

The Dominion of Pakistan was an independent federal Commonwealth realm in South Asia that was established in 1947 on the partition of British India into two sovereign dominions . The Dominion of Pakistan, which included modern-day Pakistan and Bangladesh, was intended to be a homeland for the...

. From the onset, Pakistan adopted a pro-American policy with relations taking an upturn in 1954 when Pakistan signed the defense pacts with the United States, first the SEATO

Southeast Asia Treaty Organization

The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization was an international organization for collective defense in Southeast Asia created by the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty, or Manila Pact, signed in September 1954 in Manila, Philippines. The formal institution of SEATO was established on 19 February...

 and then CENTO

Cento

Cento is a city and comune in the province of Ferrara, part of the region Emilia-Romagna . In Italian "cento" means 100.-History:The name Cento is a reference to the centuriation of the Po Valley...

 in 1955. The relations were soured because of subsequent Indo-Pakistani Wars of 1965 and 1971, but again blossomed due to 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the ensuing covert war of 1980-88. The alleged nuclear program of the country led the US to impose sanctions on Pakistan and the relations deteriorated, but the War on Terrorism

War on Terrorism

The War on Terror is a term commonly applied to an international military campaign led by the United States and the United Kingdom with the support of other North Atlantic Treaty Organisation as well as non-NATO countries...

 again placed Pakistan in the good books of America, and the relations improved.

Therefore, the Pakistani ambassadors to the US were not only the top-notch officers of Pakistan Civil Services

Central Superior Services of Pakistan

Central Superior Services of Pakistan is the civil service of the country. It was established in 1973 under Article 240 of the newly framed Constitution. The CSS Examinations are held in the start of every year to recruit the civil servants for the Civil Services of Pakistan.-Structure:The...

, but also political appointees of respective governments of the time. Some of these ambassadors later rose to the posts of Foreign Minister of Pakistan

Foreign Minister of Pakistan

The Foreign Minister of Pakistan heads the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The current Foreign Minister is Hina Rabbani Khar who took office as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs on 11 February 2011, and as full Minister of Foreign Affairs on 20 July, 2011...

 and Finance Minister of Pakistan

Finance Minister of Pakistan

The Finance Minister of Pakistan heads the Ministry of Finance and serves in the Prime Minister's cabinet. The Minister is required to be a member of the Parliament.The current finance minister is Abdul Hafeez Shaikh...

, while one of them, Muhammad Ali Bogra

Muhammad Ali Bogra

Nawabzada Mohammed Ali Bogra was a Pakistani statesman of Bengali origin, who served as the third Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1953 until 1955.-Early life:...

, became the Prime Minister of Pakistan

Prime Minister of Pakistan

The Prime Minister of Pakistan , is the Head of Government of Pakistan who is designated to exercise as the country's Chief Executive. By the Constitution of Pakistan, Pakistan has the parliamentary democratic system of government...

.

The current ambassador is Husain Haqqani

Husain Haqqani

Husain Haqqani or Hussain Haqqani is the former Pakistan Ambassador to the United States, appointed by Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani in April 2008 and was resigned on November 22, 2011...

 who took charge as the 20th ambassador of Pakistan on 26 May, 2008 succeeding Mahmud Ali Durrani

Mahmud Ali Durrani

Mahmud Ali Durrani is a retired Pakistani army officer. He was the National Security Advisor to Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani's administration until he was fired in January 2009 for "not consulting the Prime Minister while giving statements on foreign relation matters"...

 who proceeded as the National Security Adviser to the Government of Pakistan. Two ambassadors who were sent to the United States but recalled without their having presented their credentials were Akram Zaki and Tariq Fatemi, both foreign service men.

List of ambassadors

No.	Name of Ambassador	Entered Office	Left Office
1	M.A.H. Ispahani Mirza Abol Hassan Ispahani Mirza Abol Hassan Ispahani was a Pakistani legislator and diplomat. He belonged to a well-to-do family and was educated at St John's College, Cambridge. He completed his Bar-at-Law in 1924 of the All India Muslim League held in Madras in April 1941...	8 October 1947	8 February 1952
2	Muhammad Ali Bogra Muhammad Ali Bogra Nawabzada Mohammed Ali Bogra was a Pakistani statesman of Bengali origin, who served as the third Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1953 until 1955.-Early life:...	27 February 1952	16 April 1953
3	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...	26 September 1953	17 September 1955
4	Muhammad Ali Bogra Muhammad Ali Bogra Nawabzada Mohammed Ali Bogra was a Pakistani statesman of Bengali origin, who served as the third Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1953 until 1955.-Early life:...	November 1955	March 1959
5	Aziz Ahmed Aziz Ahmed Aziz Ahmed, , HPk, was a career Pakistani statesman and diplomat during the Cold war served as 12th Foreign Minister, serving under executed Prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto...	23 March 1959	July 1963
6	Ghulam Ahmed	19 July 1963	15 September 1966
7	Agha Hilaly Agha Hilaly Agha Hilaly was one of Pakistan's senior most diplomats who held several high offices in the Government of Pakistan, including Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States.-Career and Family Baxkground:...	21 October 1966	20 October 1971
8	Maj Gen (R) N.A.M. Raza	22 October 1971	22 April 1972
9	Sultan Muhammad Khan	15 May 1972	8 December 1973
10	Lt Gen (R) Sahabzada Yaqub Khan Sahabzada Yaqub Khan Lieutenant-General Sahabzada Yaqub Ali Khan is a retired 3 star rank general in the Pakistan Army who the was the international face of Pakistan for three decades. He served as Foreign Minister of Pakistan from 1982 to 1991 during the dying days of Cold War and then caretaker Foreign Minister...	19 December 1973	3 January 1979
11	Sultan Muhammad Khan	13 January 1979	31 December 1980
12	Lt Gen Ejaz Azim	7 July 1981	15 September 1986
13	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...	17 September 1986	30 June 1989
14	Air Chief Marshal Air Chief Marshal Air chief marshal is a senior 4-star air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force...  (R) Zulfiqar Ali Khan Zulfiqar Ali Khan Air Chief Marshal Zulfiqar Ali Khan , NI was a four-star rank general and air officer in the Pakistan Air Force who served as a 9th Chief of Air Staff of Pakistan Air Force from April 1974 to July 1978...	12 July 1989	15 September 1990
15	Najmuddin Shaikh	14 October 1990	22 November 1991
16	Syeda Abida Hussain Syeda Abida Hussain Syeda Abida Hussain is a Pakistani politician. She is a former National Assembly member from Jhang, Punjab.Hussain is married to Syed Fakhar Imam also prominent Pakistani politician, who was the Speaker of the National Assembly in 1985-86...	26 November 1991	24 April 1993
17	Maliha Lodhi Maliha Lodhi Maleeha Lodhi, HI, is a journalist, academic, and diplomat from Pakistan. She was the high commissioner of Pakistan to the United Kingdom, and a former ambassador to the United States. In the Fall of 2008 she was a Resident Fellow at the Institute of Politics, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard...	21 January 1994	30 January 1997
18	Riaz Khokhar Riaz Khokhar Riaz Hussain Khokhar is the former Foreign Secretary of Pakistan serving from June 2002 to February 2005, when he was replaced by Riaz Mohammad Khan...	12 March 1997	7 September 1999
19	Tariq Fatemi	8 September 1999	16 December 1999
20	Maliha Lodhi Maliha Lodhi Maleeha Lodhi, HI, is a journalist, academic, and diplomat from Pakistan. She was the high commissioner of Pakistan to the United Kingdom, and a former ambassador to the United States. In the Fall of 2008 she was a Resident Fellow at the Institute of Politics, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard...	17 December 1999	4 August 2002
21	Ashraf Qazi Ashraf Qazi Ashraf Jehangir Qazi is a politician in Pakistan and a career diplomat in the United Nations. On September 4, 2007, the UN's Secretary General Ban Ki-moon appointed Ashraf Qazi as his new Special Representative in Sudan...	19 August 2002	6 August 2004
22	General General A general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given....  (R) Jehangir Karamat Jehangir Karamat General Jehangir Karamat, NI, TBt, afwc, psc, fsc, is a retired four-star general and a renowned military scientist who served as the former Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan Army from January 1996 to October 1998, and then former Pakistan Ambassador to the United States from November 2004 to June...	17 November 2004	3 June 2006
23	Maj Gen (R) Mahmud Ali Durrani Mahmud Ali Durrani Mahmud Ali Durrani is a retired Pakistani army officer. He was the National Security Advisor to Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani's administration until he was fired in January 2009 for "not consulting the Prime Minister while giving statements on foreign relation matters"...	5 June 2006	9 May 2008
24	Husain Haqqani Husain Haqqani Husain Haqqani or Hussain Haqqani is the former Pakistan Ambassador to the United States, appointed by Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani in April 2008 and was resigned on November 22, 2011...	26 May 2008	22 November 2011
25	Sherry Rehman (dog & wife of monkey)	23 November 2011	Present