Foreign Secretary of Pakistan | |
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معتمدِ خارجہ پاکستان | |
since 16 August 2023 | |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
Reports to | Minister of Foreign Affairs Minister of State for Foreign Affairs |
Residence | Islamabad, Pakistan |
Nominator | Prime Minister of Pakistan |
Appointer | President of Pakistan |
Term length | 3 years |
Inaugural holder | Mohammed Ikramullah |
Formation | 1947 |
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 current Foreign Secretary of Pakistan is Amna Baloch since September 11, 2024. Amna Baloch holds the tile of being a second woman Foreign Secretary in the history of Pakistan after Tehmina Janjua.[1]