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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( Urdu: وزارت امورِ خارجہ, Wazarat-e-Kharja, abbreviated as MoFA) is a ministry of the Government of Pakistan tasked in managing Pakistan's diplomatic and consular relations as well as its foreign policy. The MOFA is also responsible for maintaining Pakistani government offices abroad with ...
The Minister for Foreign Affairs (or 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.
Bilawal belongs to the Bhutto family, a prominent political family of Pakistan and is the son of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and President Asif Ali Zardari, and the grandson of former President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. [1] Bilawal had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 13 August 2018 till 10 August 2023. [2]
Hina Rabbani Khar ( Urdu: حنا ربانی کھر; born 19 November 1977) [3] is a Pakistani politician, who served as the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs since 19 April 2022 till 10 August 2023. She was previously appointed in July 2011 as the Foreign Minister of Pakistan, she was the first woman to have held the position. [4]
The Foreign Secretary of Pakistan (Urdu: معتمدِ خارجہ پاکستان) is the Federal Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Secretary, as in all other ministries of Government of Pakistan , is the bureaucratic head of the Ministry, who is a BPS-22 grade officer of the Central Superior Services of Pakistan .
The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (MSFA) is the junior minister within the Cabinet of Pakistan who serves as the second highest-ranking member of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, after the Foreign Minister . During the absence of a Foreign Minister, Minister of State takes the de facto charge Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
As a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, Pakistani diplomatic missions in the capitals of other Commonwealth members are known as High Commissions. In November 2021 Pakistan announced establishment of five new diplomatic missions in Africa as a part of its "Engaged Africa policy" which included missions in Mali, Uganda, Burkina Faso, Benin ...
The Foreign Minister of Pakistan is the official charged with state-to-state diplomacy, although the Prime minister maintains an ultimate authority over foreign policy. The state foreign policy includes defining the national interest , as well as the economic interest and strategies chosen both to safeguard that and to achieve its policy goals.