Babar W. Malik
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H. E. Babar W. Malik is a diplomat who has worked in the Foreign Service of Pakistan from 1973 to 2012 serving as ambassador to Turkmenistan (June 4, 1998 – 2003) and High Commissioner of Pakistan to Australia, New Zealand, Fiji Islands (2003-2012).
Malik was born May 1, 1945 to Akhtar Sultan and Wahid A. Malik in Lahore, educated at St. Anthony's High School and Aitchison College. Later, he received a BSc and an MA in English Literature from Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, where he was acquainted with Charles, Prince of Wales.
As a high ranking diplomat, Malik was posted to Moscow, Astana, Paris, Mexico, Havanna, Kingston, Jamaica (1974–75), Rabat (1975–78), Washington, D.C. (1986–91) and Cairo (1991-95). He was a former Director General of the Foreign Service of Pakistan.
Malik comes from an old prominent and aristocratic family of Lahore, who at one point were one of the richest families in Pakistan. His relatives include Sir Malik Ghulam Muhammad, the first Lord Mayor of Lahore, Pakistan and Mr Jehangir Malik, the Honorary Consul General of France in Lahore.