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Permanent Representative Of Pakistan To The United Nations
The Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations ( ur, ) is Pakistan's diplomatic representative to the United Nations (UN). The permanent Representative ( UN ambassador) is the head of Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the United Nations in New York, there is another Pakistan Mission based at the UNO office in Geneva, Switzerland. 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 holder of the position is Munir Akram, prominent previous holders include Dr. Maleeha Lodhi, Masood Khan and Muhammad Zafarullah Khan. List of ambassadors References External linksPakistan Mission to the United Nations {{Permanent Representatives to the United Nations * Pakistan United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain internat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emblem Of Pakistan
The state emblem of Pakistan was adopted in 1954 and symbolizes Pakistan's ideological foundation, the basis of its economy, its cultural heritage and its guiding principles. Design The four components of the emblem are a crescent and star crest above a shield, which is surrounded by a wreath, below which is a scroll. The crest and the green colour of the emblem are traditional symbols of Islam. The quartered shield in the centre shows cotton, wheat, tea and jute, which were the major crops of Pakistan at independence and are shown in a form of shield and signify as the main agricultural base for the importance of the Nation's economy. The floral wreath, surrounding the shield, is ''Jasminum officinale'' (the national flower) and represents the floral designs used in traditional Mughal art and emphasizes the cultural heritage of Pakistan. The scroll supporting the shield contains the national motto in Urdu, "", which reads from right to left: (), translated as "Faith, Unity, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foreign Service
Diplomatic service is the body of diplomats and foreign policy officers maintained by the government of a country to communicate with the governments of other countries. Diplomatic personnel obtains diplomatic immunity when they are accredited to other countries. Diplomatic services are often part of the larger civil service and sometimes a constituent part of the foreign ministry. Some intergovernmental organizations, such as the European Union, and some international non-state organizations, such as the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, may also retain diplomatic services in other jurisdictions. For non-state organizations, the reciprocation of diplomatic recognition by other jurisdictions is difficult, as diplomacy tends to establish the concept of recognition upon an assumed sovereignty over geographical territory; the SMOM, in this case, receives diplomats at its headquarters in Rome, as all permanent missions to the SMOM are jointly accredited as permanent missions to the Hol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inam-ul-Haq (diplomat)
Inam-ul-Haq (born 10 November 1940)Profile of INAMU-UL-HAQ Google Books website is a Pakistani career diplomat who served as the in the of for four months from November 2007 till March 2008. He also remained [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmad Kamal
Ahmed Kamal (born 9 April 1938) 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. Education He is a graduate of the Paris Institute of Political Studies (better known as '' Sciences Po'') and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He was also a Carnegie Foundation Fellow at the London School of Economics. He is the author of several important publications, on disarmament, on management, on multilateralism, on global economic issues, and on the technical aspects of informatics and information technology. He is an Honorary Visiting Professor at several universities in the United States, and a member of the board of trustees of Fairleigh Dickinson University. He has received numerous honors in Pakistan and in the other countries of his postings. Career During his nearly 40 year long car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamsheed Marker
Jamsheed Marker (24 November 1922 – 21 June 2018), was a Pakistani diplomat and a former cricket commentator. The recipient of Hilal-e-Imtiaz, he was associated with diplomatic career for over 42 years. He was notable for his tenure as Ambassador to the United States, serving from 17 September 1986 to 30 June 1989 during the administrations of Prime Ministers Muhammad Khan Junejo and Benazir Bhutto. He claimed to have helped negotiate the Soviet military withdrawal from Afghanistan. From 1995 through 2005, Marker taught a course in "Diplomacy in International Relations" at Eckerd College, a Private liberal arts college in St. Petersburg, Florida. Awards and recognition *Hilal-i-Imtiaz Award (Crescent of Excellence) by President Pervez Musharraf in 2003. * Sitara-i-Quaid-e-Azam Award Early life Jamsheed Kekobad Ardeshir Marker was born in Hyderabad, India, on 24 November 1922, into a distinguished Parsee (Parsi), or Zoroastrian, family that had been in shipping busine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sardar Shah Nawaz
Sardar Shah Nawaz ( 11 January 1991; also known as S. Shahnawaz, was a Pakistani diplomat who served as the 14th foreign secretary of Pakistan from 1977 to 1980 and 9th permanent representative of Pakistan to the United Nations from 1982 to 1989. He started his career when he joined the civil services of Pakistan in 1950. Prior to his appointment at the UN and foreign ministry, he served as ambassador of Pakistan to Iran from 1968 to 1972. He was later appointed as secretary-general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1980 to 1982. He was suffering from cancer and was admitted to a hospital in New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States New York may also refer to: Film and television * '' ... on 11 January 1991. He died on the same day in hospital. References External links Shah Nawaz, S.at UN Digital Library ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niaz A
Niaz, NIAZ, Niyas or Neyaz may refer to: People *Niaz Ahmed (cricketer) (1945–2000), Pakistani cricketer *Niaz Mohammad Khan (1907–1972), Chief Commissioner of the Pakistan Boy Scouts Association *Niaz Murshed (born 1966), Bangladeshi chess player *Niaz Morshed (Dhaka cricketer) (born 1983), Bangladeshi cricketer *Niaz Morshed (Khulna cricketer) (fl. 1999–2005), Bangladeshi cricketer in the Khulna Division Places *Arbab Niaz Stadium, a Test cricket ground in Peshawar, North West Frontier Province, Pakistan *Niaz Stadium, a cricket ground in Hyderabad, Pakistan *Niaz, Ardabil, a village in Ardabil Province, Iran *Niaz Sui, a village in Ardabil Province, Iran *Niaz, East Azerbaijan, a village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran *Niaz, Kurdistan Niaz ( fa, نياز, also Romanized as Nīāz, Neyāz, and Nīyāz) is a village in Yeylan-e Shomali Rural District, in the Central District of Dehgolan County, Kurdistan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 381, in 8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iqbal Akhund
Iqbal Ahmad Akhund (born 21 August 1924) is a Pakistani former diplomat and writer who served as the 7th permanent representative of Pakistan to the United Nations and the 5th national security advisor to the 11th prime minister of Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto for foreign affairs and national security. He also served as chairperson of the Group of 77 (G77) from 1976 to 1977. A former head of the United Nations Centre Against Apartheid, Akhund also served as a Special Representative of the Secretary-General and United Nations Assistant Secretary-General from 1979 to 1987. Early life Akhund was born in Hyderabad State, Sindh Province. His father was a session judge in British Indian government and retired in the mid-1950s as a chief justice of Khairpur. In 1945, Akhund obtained his master's degree with economic and political science in Karachi. Following the partition of India, his family emigrated from India to Pakistan and they settled in Karachi. Career Akhund joined t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agha Shahi
Agha Shahi ( ur, آغا شا ﮨی; 25 August 1920 – 6 September 2006), ''NI'', was a Pakistani career Foreign service officer who was the leading civilian figure in the military government of former President General Zia-ul-Haq from 1977 to 1982. A diplomat and technocrat by profession, he joined Foreign Services in 1951 and held important diplomatic assignments in the United States, China, and the United Nations. He served as the Foreign secretary— the leading bureaucratic position in Pakistan Government— in 1973 until 1977, after Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's government was dismissed (see Codename ''Fair Play''). However, he immediately served as the foreign policy adviser to upcoming Chief Martial Law Administrator General Zia-ul-Haq who appointed him as the Foreign Minister shortly after assuming the control of the country. In 1982, after losing General Zia's favour when he made an attempt to keep country on Non-Aligned Movement membership, he lost the foreign affairs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syed Amjad Ali
Syed Amjad Ali ( ur, سید امجد علی; 5 July 1907 – 5 March 1997) was a Pakistani politician and a civil servant during the British Raj era, who served as the 3rd Minister of Finance (Pakistan) from 1956 to 1958 and as Pakistan Ambassador to the United States from 1953 to 1955. Ali was born in Lahore, the eldest son of Sir Syed Maratib Ali, a prominent Muslim businessman in the Punjab. Syed Babar Ali and Syed Wajid Ali were his younger brothers. He had connections for diplomacy in the final days of the British colony, as he knew many prominent people in the Muslim, Hindu, Sikh and British communities. Ali was educated at the St. Agnes Loreto Convent in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, followed by the Muslim High School and Government College in Lahore. After receiving his B. A. in 1927, he went to London for legal studies at the Middle Temple. While in London, he served as honorary secretary of the Muslim delegations at the First Round Table Conference in 1930–31 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muhammad Zafrullah Khan
Chaudhry Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan ( ur, ; 6 February 1893 – 1 September 1985) was a Pakistani jurist and diplomat who served as the first Foreign Minister of Pakistan. After serving as foreign minister he continued his international career and is the only Pakistani to preside over the International Court of Justice. He also served as the President of the UN General Assembly. He is the only person to date to serve as the President of both UN General Assembly and the International Court of Justice. Khan became one of the most vocal proponents of Pakistan and led the case for the separate nation in the Radcliffe Commission which drew the countries of modern-day South Asia. He moved to Karachi in August 1947 and became a member of Pakistan's first cabinet serving as the country's debut foreign minister under the Liaquat administration. He remained Pakistan's top diplomat until 1954 when he left to serve on the International Court of Justice and remained on the court as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Aly Khan
Prince Ali Salman Aga Khan (13 June 1911 – 12 May 1960), known as Aly Khan, was a Pakistani diplomat of Iranian and Italian descent. He was the son of the Aga Khan III, and the father of Aga Khan IV. A socialite, racehorse owner and jockey, he was the third husband of actress Rita Hayworth. After being passed over for succession as Aga Khan, he served as the Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations from 1958 to 1960, where he became a vice president of the General Assembly. His first name was typically spelled "Aly" in the press. The titles of prince and princess, which are claimed by children of the Aga Khan by virtue of their descent from the Qajar king Fath Ali Shah of the Persian Qajar dynasty, were recognized as courtesy titles by the British government in 1938. Edwards, Anne (1996). ''Throne of Gold: The Lives of the Aga Khans'', New York City: William Morrow and Company. Birth and education Aly Khan was born in Turin, Italy, the younger son a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
