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{{Short description|Government official in Pakistan}}
{{Distinguish|Foreign Secretary (Pakistan)}}{{Infobox Political post
| post = Minister of Foreign Affairs<br /><small>''وزیرِ خارجہ''</small>
| body = 
| image = Ishaq Dar 1.jpg
| nativename = 
| insignia = State emblem of Pakistan.svg
| insigniasize = 100px
| insigniacaption = [[State emblem of Pakistan|Emblem of Pakistan]]
| department = [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]]
| member_of = [[Cabinet of Pakistan|Cabinet]] • [[National Security Council (Pakistan)|National Security Council]]
| alt = 
| incumbent = [[Ishaq Dar]]
| style = Sir Minister
| residence = [[Islamabad]], [[Pakistan]]
| nominator = [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]]
| reports_to = [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]]
| appointer = [[President of Pakistan]]
| termlength = At the Prime Minister's pleasure
| formation = {{Start date and age|14 Aug 1947}}
| last = 
| abolished = 
| succession = 
| deputy = [[Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (Pakistan)|Minister of State for Foreign Affairs]]
| salary = 
| website = {{URL|www.mofa.gov.pk}}
| incumbentsince = 11 March 2024
}}
{{Politics of Pakistan}}

The '''Minister for Foreign Affairs''' (or simply the '''Foreign Minister''') is the head of the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan)|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. This position is one of the senior-most offices in the [[Cabinet of Pakistan]]. The office of the foreign minister was initially held by [[Liaquat Ali Khan]], who also served as the country's first prime minister. Subsequently, several other prime ministers have held the additional charge of the office of the foreign minister.

==List of ministers==
The following is a list of all the previous foreign ministers of Pakistan to date, according to the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]].

;Legend
* {{colorbox|wheat}} Caretaker minister
* {{note label|†|†|†}} Died in office

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan="2" rowspan="2"| Portrait
! rowspan="2" style="width:16em"| Name<br/>{{small|(Born{{ndash}}Died)}}
! colspan="3"| Tenure
! rowspan="2" style="width:9em"| Party
! rowspan="2" style="width:8em"| Government
! rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Head of Government
|-
! style="width:8em"| From
! style="width:8em"| To
! style="width:6em"| Length
|-
! colspan="10"| Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Muslim League (Pakistan)}}"|
| [[File:Liaquat Ali Khan 1945.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Liaquat Ali Khan]]'''<br/>{{small|(1947{{ndash}}1951)<br/>[[Constituent Assembly of Pakistan|MCA]] for [[East Bengal]]}}<br/>(Prime Minister)
| 15 August<br/>1947
| 27 December<br/>1947
| '''{{ayd|15 Aug 1947|27 Dec 1947}}'''
| rowspan="5"| [[Muslim League (Pakistan)|Muslim League]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Liaquat Ali Khan government|Liaquat]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Muslim League (Pakistan)}}"|
| rowspan="2" style="width:9em"| '''[[Liaquat Ali Khan]]'''
|-
| rowspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|Muslim League (Pakistan)}}"|
| rowspan="3"| [[File:Sir-Muhammad-Zafrulla-Khan.jpg|70px]]
| rowspan="3"| [[Muhammad Zafarullah Khan|Sir '''Muhammad Zafarullah Khan''']]<br/>{{small|(1893{{ndash}}1985)<br/>MCA for [[West Punjab]]}}
| 27 December<br/>1947
| 17 October<br/>1951
| rowspan="3"| '''{{ayd|27 Dec 1947|24 Oct 1954}}'''
|-
| 17 October<br/>1951
| 17 April<br/>1953
| Nazimuddin
| bgcolor="{{party color|Muslim League (Pakistan)}}"|
| '''[[Khawaja Nazimuddin|Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin]]'''
|-
| 17 April<br/>1953
| 24 October<br/>1954
| rowspan="2"| Bogra
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Muslim League (Pakistan)}}"|
| rowspan="2"| '''[[Mohammad Ali Bogra]]'''
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Muslim League (Pakistan)}}"|
| [[File:Mohammad Ali Bogra portrait (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Mohammad Ali Bogra]]'''<br/>{{small|(1909–1963)<br/>MCA for [[East Bengal]]}}<br/>(Prime Minister)
| 24 October<br/>1954
| 12 August<br/>1955
| '''{{ayd|24 Oct 1954|12 Aug 1955}}'''
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Krishak Sramik Party}}"|
| [[File:Hamidul Huq Choudhury.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Hamidul Huq Choudhury]]'''<br/>{{small|(1901{{ndash}}1992)<br/>MCA for [[East Bengal]]}}
| 28 September<br/>1955
| 12 September<br/>1956
| '''{{ayd|28 Sep 1955|12 Sep 1956}}'''
| [[Krishak Sramik Party]]
| Mohammad Ali
| bgcolor="{{party color|Muslim League (Pakistan)}}"|
| '''[[Chaudhry Muhammad Ali]]'''
|-
| rowspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (Pakistan)}}"|
| rowspan="3"| [[File:Feroz Khan Noon.jpg|70px]]
| rowspan="3"| [[Feroz Khan Noon|Sir '''Feroz Khan Noon''']]<br/>{{small|(1893–1970)<br/>MCA for [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]]}}<br/>(Prime Minister from 16 Dec 1957)
| rowspan="3"| 12 September<br/>1956
| rowspan="3"| 7 October<br/>1958
| rowspan="3"| '''{{ayd|12 Sep 1956|7 Oct 1958}}'''
| rowspan="3"| [[Republican Party (Pakistan)|Republican Party]]
| [[Suhrawardy government|Suhrawardy]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Awami League}}"|
| '''[[Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy]]'''
|-
| [[Chundrigar government|Chundrigar]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Muslim League (Pakistan)}}"|
| '''[[I. I. Chundrigar]]'''
|-
| Noon
| bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (Pakistan)}}"|
| Self
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Muslim League (Pakistan)}}"|
| [[File:State emblem of Pakistan.svg|70px]]
| '''[[Manzur Qadir]]'''<br/>{{small|(1913{{ndash}}1973)}}
| 29 October<br/>1958
| 8 June<br/>1962
| '''{{ayd|29 Oct 1958|8 Jun 1962}}'''
| rowspan="2"| [[Muslim League (Pakistan)|Muslim League]]
| rowspan="5"| Ayub
| bgcolor="{{party color|Military}}"| 
| rowspan="5"| '''[[Ayub Khan|Muhammad Ayub Khan]]'''<br/>{{small|(President)}}
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Muslim League (Pakistan)}}"|
| [[File:Mohammad Ali Bogra portrait (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Mohammad Ali Bogra]]'''<br/>{{small|(1909–1963)}}
| 13 June<br/>1962
| 23 January<br/>1963{{ref label|†|†|†}}
| '''{{ayd|13 Jun 1962|23 Jan 1963}}'''
| rowspan="4" bgcolor="{{party color|Convention Muslim League}}"|
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Convention Muslim League}}"|
| [[File:Z A Bhutto (President of Pakistan).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]]'''<br/>{{small|(1928{{ndash}}1979)}}
| 24 January<br/>1963
| 30 June<br/>1966
| '''{{ayd|24 Jan 1963|30 Jun 1966}}'''
| rowspan="3"| [[Convention Muslim League]]
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Convention Muslim League}}"|
| [[File:SyedPirzada (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Sharifuddin Pirzada]]'''<br/>{{small|(1923{{ndash}}2017)}}
| 31 August<br/>1966
| 1 May<br/>1968
| '''{{ayd|31 Aug 1966|1 May 1968}}'''
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Convention Muslim League}}"|
| [[File:State emblem of Pakistan.svg|70px]]
| '''[[Mian Arshad Hussain]]'''<br/>{{small|(1910{{ndash}}1987)}}
| 1 May<br/>1968
| 25 March<br/>1969
| '''{{ayd|1 May 1968|25 Mar 1969}}'''
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Military}}"| 
| [[File:General Yahya Khan portrait, circa 1966.jpg|70px]]
| {{small|General}}<br/>'''[[Yahya Khan]]'''<br/>{{small|(1917{{ndash}}1980)}}<br/>(Chief Martial Law Administrator)
| 25 March<br/>1969
| 20 December<br/>1971
| '''{{ayd|25 Mar 1969|20 Dec 1971}}'''
| [[Pakistan Army]]<br/>{{small|(Non-partisan)}}
| Yahya
| bgcolor="{{party color|Military}}"| 
| '''Self'''<br/>{{small|(President)}}
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan People's Party}}"|
| [[File:Z A Bhutto (President of Pakistan).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]]'''<br/>{{small|(1928{{ndash}}1979)<br/>MNA for 116 Larkana-I}}<br/>(President until 14 Aug 1973<br/>Prime Minister from 14 Aug 1973)
| 20 December<br/>1971
| 28 March<br/>1977
| '''{{ayd|20 Dec 1971|28 Mar 1977}}'''
| rowspan="2"| [[Pakistan People's Party]]
| rowspan="2"| Bhutto
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan People's Party}}"|
| rowspan="2"| '''[[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]]'''
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan People's Party}}"|
| [[File:Aziz Ahmed (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Aziz Ahmed (civil servant)|Aziz Ahmed]]'''<br/>{{small|(1906{{ndash}}1982)}}
| 30 March<br/>1977
| 5 July<br/>1977
| '''{{ayd|30 Mar 1977|5 Jul 1977}}'''
|-
! colspan="10"| {{nobold|''Position vacant during this interval''}}
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
| [[File:Agha Shahi.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Agha Shahi]]'''<br/>{{small|(1920{{ndash}}2006)}}
| 14 January<br/>1978
| 9 March<br/>1982
| '''{{ayd|14 Jan 1978|9 Mar 1982}}'''
| rowspan="5"| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| rowspan="4"| [[Presidency of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq|Haq]]
| rowspan="4" bgcolor="{{party color|Military}}"|
| rowspan="4"| '''[[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq]]'''<br/>{{small|(President)}}
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
| [[File:Sahabzada Yaqub Khan.jpg|70px]]
| {{small|Lieutenant General (Retd)}}<br/>'''[[Sahabzada Yaqub Khan]]'''<br/>{{small|(1920{{ndash}}2016)}}
| 21 March<br/>1982
| 1 November<br/>1987
| '''{{ayd|21 Mar 1982|1 Nov 1987}}'''
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
| [[File:State emblem of Pakistan.svg|70px]]
| '''[[Zain Noorani]]'''<br/>{{small|(1927{{ndash}}1992)}}
| 1 November<br/>1987
| 9 June<br/>1988
| '''{{ayd|1 Nov 1987|9 Jun 1988}}'''
|-
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
| rowspan="3"| [[File:Sahabzada Yaqub Khan.jpg|70px]]
| rowspan="3"| {{small|Lieutenant General (Retd)}}<br/>'''[[Sahabzada Yaqub Khan]]'''<br/>{{small|(1920{{ndash}}2016)}}
| 9 June<br/>1988
| 17 August<br/>1988
| rowspan="3"| '''{{ayd|9 Jun 1988|6 Aug 1990}}'''
|-
| 17 August<br/>1988
| 2 December<br/>1988
| Ishaq Khan
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
| '''[[Ghulam Ishaq Khan]]'''<br/>{{small|(Acting President)}}
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan People's Party}}"|
| 4 December<br/>1988
| 6 August<br/>1990
| [[Pakistan People's Party]]
| [[First Benazir Bhutto government|Bhutto I]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan People's Party}}"|
| '''[[Benazir Bhutto]]'''
|-
! colspan="10"| {{nobold|''Caretaker ministry served during this interval''}}
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Muslim League (Pakistan)}}"| 
| [[File:Sahabzada Yaqub Khan.jpg|70px]]
| {{small|Lieutenant General (Retd)}}<br/>'''[[Sahabzada Yaqub Khan]]'''<br/>{{small|(1920{{ndash}}2016)}}
| 6 November<br/>1990
| 20 March<br/>1991
| '''{{ayd|6 Nov 1990|20 Mar 1991}}'''
| rowspan="3"| [[Muslim League (Pakistan)|Muslim League]]<br/>{{small|([[Islami Jamhoori Ittehad|IJI]])}}
| rowspan="3"| [[First Nawaz Sharif government|Nawaz I]]
| rowspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|Muslim League (Pakistan)}}"|
| rowspan="3"| '''[[Nawaz Sharif]]'''
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Muslim League (Pakistan)}}"| 
| [[File:State emblem of Pakistan.svg|70px]]
| '''[[Akram Zaki]]'''<br/>{{small|(1931{{ndash}}2017)}}<br/>{{small|(Acting)}}
| April<br/>1991
| 10 September<br/>1991
| '''{{ndash}}'''
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Muslim League (Pakistan)}}"| 
| [[File:Muhammad Siddique Khan Kanju.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Siddiq Khan Kanju]]'''<br/>{{small|(1951{{ndash}}2001)}}<br/>(State Minister){{efn|name=PMcharge|During this period, the Prime Minister retained the authority of the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs.}}
| 10 September<br/>1991
| 18 April<br/>1993
| '''{{ayd|10 Sep 1991|18 Apr 1993}}'''
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
| [[File:SyedPirzada (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| bgcolor="wheat"| '''[[Sharifuddin Pirzada]]'''<br/>{{small|(1923{{ndash}}2017)}}<br/>{{small|(Caretaker)}}
| bgcolor="wheat"| 18 April<br/>1993
| bgcolor="wheat"| 26 May<br/>1993
| bgcolor="wheat"| '''{{ayd|18 Apr 1993|26 May 1993}}'''
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]<br/>{{small|(Caretaker)}}
| [[Mazari caretaker ministry|Mazari]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
| '''[[Balakh Sher Mazari]]'''<br/>{{small|(Caretaker)}}
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Muslim League (Pakistan)}}"| 
| [[File:Muhammad Siddique Khan Kanju.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Siddiq Khan Kanju]]'''<br/>{{small|(1951{{ndash}}2001)}}<br/>(State Minister){{efn|name=PMcharge}}
| 26 May<br/>1993
| 18 July<br/>1993
| '''{{ayd|26 May 1993|18 Jul 1993}}'''
| [[Muslim League (Pakistan)|Muslim League]]<br/>{{small|([[Islami Jamhoori Ittehad|IJI]])}}
| [[First Nawaz Sharif government|Nawaz I]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Muslim League (Pakistan)}}"|
| '''[[Nawaz Sharif]]'''
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
| [[File:Abdul Sattar.jpg|70px]]
| bgcolor="wheat"| '''[[Abdul Sattar (diplomat)|Abdul Sattar]]'''<br/>{{small|(1931{{ndash}}2019)}}<br/>{{small|(Caretaker)}}
| bgcolor="wheat"| 23 July<br/>1993
| bgcolor="wheat"| 19 October<br/>1993
| bgcolor="wheat"| '''{{ayd|23 Jul 1993|19 Oct 1993}}'''
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]<br/>{{small|(Caretaker)}}
| [[Qureshi caretaker ministry|Qureshi]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
| '''[[Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi]]'''<br/>{{small|(Caretaker)}}
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan People's Party}}"| 
| [[File:Farooq Leghari (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Farooq Leghari]]'''<br/>{{small|(1940{{ndash}}2010)}}
| 19 October<br/>1993
| 14 November<br/>1993
| '''{{ayd|19 Oct 1993|14 Nov 1993}}'''
| rowspan="2"| [[Pakistan People's Party]]
| rowspan="2"| Bhutto II
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan People's Party}}"| 
| rowspan="2"| '''[[Benazir Bhutto]]'''
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan People's Party}}"| 
| [[File:State emblem of Pakistan.svg|70px]]
| '''[[Aseff Ahmad Daula]]'''<br/>{{small|(1940{{ndash}}2022)}}
| 16 November<br/>1993
| 4 November<br/>1996
| '''{{ayd|16 Nov 1993|4 Nov 1996}}'''
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
| [[File:Sahabzada Yaqub Khan.jpg|70px]]
| bgcolor="wheat"| {{small|Lieutenant General (Retd)}}<br/>'''[[Sahabzada Yaqub Khan]]'''<br/>{{small|(1920{{ndash}}2016)}}<br/>{{small|(Caretaker)}}
| bgcolor="wheat"| 11 November<br/>1996
| bgcolor="wheat"| 17 February<br/>1997
| bgcolor="wheat"| '''{{ayd|11 Nov 1996|17 Feb 1997}}'''
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]<br/>{{small|(Caretaker)}}
| Khalid
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
| '''[[Malik Meraj Khalid]]'''<br/>{{small|(Caretaker)}}
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}"|
| [[File:Gohar Ayub Khan (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Gohar Ayub Khan]]'''<br/>{{small|(1937{{ndash}}2023)<br/>MNA for 13 Abbottabad-III}}
| 25 February<br/>1997
| 7 August<br/>1998
| '''{{ayd|25 Feb 1997|7 Aug 1998}}'''
| rowspan="2"| [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Second Nawaz Sharif government|Nawaz II]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}"|
| rowspan="2"| '''[[Nawaz Sharif]]'''
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}"|
| [[File:Sartaj Aziz (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Sartaj Aziz]]'''<br/>{{small|(1929{{ndash}}2024)<br/>Senator for [[Islamabad Capital Territory]]}}
| 7 August<br/>1998
| 12 October<br/>1999
| '''{{ayd|7 Aug 1998|12 Oct 1999}}'''
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
| [[File:Abdul Sattar.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Abdul Sattar (diplomat)|Abdul Sattar]]'''<br/>{{small|(1931{{ndash}}2019)}}
| 6 November<br/>1999
| 14 June<br/>2002
| '''{{ayd|6 Nov 1999|14 Jun 2002}}'''
| rowspan="2"| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| rowspan="2"| Musharraf
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Military}}"|
| rowspan="2"| '''[[Pervez Musharraf]]'''<br/>{{small|(Chief Executive)}}
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
| [[File:Inam-ul-Haq (diplomat) (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Inam-ul-Haq (diplomat)|Inam-ul-Haq]]'''<br/>{{small|(born 1940)}}<br/>(State Minister)
| 21 June<br/>2002
| 23 November<br/>2002
| '''{{ayd|21 Jun 2002|23 Nov 2002}}'''
|-
| rowspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (Q)}}"|
| rowspan="3"| [[File:Mahmud Kasuri - 2003 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| rowspan="3"| '''[[Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri]]'''<br/>{{small|(born 1941)<br/>MNA for 106 Kasur-I}}
| rowspan="3"| 23 November<br/>2002
| rowspan="3"| 15 November<br/>2007
| rowspan="3"| '''{{ayd|23 Nov 2002|15 Nov 2007}}'''
| rowspan="3"| [[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)]]
| Jamali
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (Q)}}"|
| '''[[Zafarullah Khan Jamali]]'''
|-
| Hussain
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (Q)}}"|
| '''[[Shujaat Hussain]]'''
|-
| Aziz
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (Q)}}"|
| '''[[Shaukat Aziz]]'''
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
| [[File:Inam-ul-Haq (diplomat) (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| bgcolor="wheat"| '''[[Inam-ul-Haq (diplomat)|Inam-ul-Haq]]'''<br/>{{small|(born 1940)}}<br/>{{small|(Caretaker)}}
| bgcolor="wheat"| 15 November<br/>2007
| bgcolor="wheat"| 24 March<br/>2008
| bgcolor="wheat"| '''{{ayd|15 Nov 2007|24 Mar 2008}}'''
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]<br/>{{small|(Caretaker)}}
| Soomro
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
| '''[[Muhammad Mian Soomro]]'''<br/>{{small|(Caretaker)}}
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan People's Party}}"|
| [[File:Shah Mehmood Qureshi - 2011 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Shah Mahmood Qureshi]]'''<br/>{{small|(born 1956)<br/>MNA for 148 Multan-I}}
| 31 March<br/>2008
| 9 February<br/>2011
| '''{{ayd|31 Mar 2008|9 Feb 2011}}'''
| rowspan="3"| [[Pakistan People's Party]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Gillani government|Gillani]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan People's Party}}"|
| rowspan="2"| '''[[Yousaf Raza Gillani]]'''
|-
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan People's Party}}"|
| rowspan="2"| [[File:Hina Rabbani Khar Jan 2023.jpg|70px]]
| rowspan="2"| '''[[Hina Rabbani Khar]]'''<br/>{{small|(born 1977)<br/>MNA for [[NA-177 (Muzaffargarh-II)|177 Muzaffargarh-II]]}}
| 11 February<br/>2011
| 19 June<br/>2012
| rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|11 Feb 2011|16 Mar 2013}}'''
|-
| 22 June<br/>2012
| 16 March<br/>2013
| [[Ashraf government|Ashraf]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan People's Party}}"|
| '''[[Raja Pervaiz Ashraf]]'''
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
| 
| bgcolor="wheat"| '''[[Mir Hazar Khan Khoso]]'''<br/>{{small|(1929{{ndash}}2021)}}<br/>(Prime Minister)<br/>{{small|(Caretaker)}}
| bgcolor="wheat"| 4 April<br/>2013
| bgcolor="wheat"| 4 June<br/>2013
| bgcolor="wheat"| '''{{ayd|4 Apr 2013|4 Jun 2013}}'''
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]<br/>{{small|(Caretaker)}}
| [[Khoso caretaker government|Khoso]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
| '''Self'''<br/>{{small|(Caretaker)}}
|-
! colspan="10"| Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}"|
| [[File:Sartaj Aziz (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Sartaj Aziz]]'''<br/>{{small|(1929{{ndash}}2024)}}
| 7 June<br/>2013
| 28 July<br/>2017
| '''{{ayd|7 Jun 2013|28 Jul 2017}}'''
| [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]
| [[Third Nawaz Sharif government|Nawaz III]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}"|
| '''[[Nawaz Sharif]]'''
|-
! colspan="10"| Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}"|
| [[File:Khawaja Muhammad Asif - December 2015 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Khawaja Asif]]'''<br/>{{small|(born 1949)<br/>MNA for 71 Sialkot}}
| 4 August<br/>2017
| 26 April<br/>2018
| '''{{Ayd|4 Aug 2017|26 Apr 2018}}'''
| rowspan="2"| [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Abbasi government|Abbasi]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}"|
| rowspan="2"| '''[[Shahid Khaqan Abbasi]]'''
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}"|
| [[File:Khurram Dastgir Khan Senate of Poland.JPG|70px]]
| '''[[Khurram Dastgir]]'''<br/>{{small|(born 1970)<br/>MNA for [[NA-80 Gujranwala-IV|96 Gujranwala-II]]}}
| 11 May<br/>2018
| 31 May<br/>2018
| '''{{ayd|11 May 2018|31 May 2018}}'''
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
| [[File:Abdullah Hussain Haroon (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| bgcolor="wheat"| '''[[Abdullah Hussain Haroon]]'''<br/>{{small|(born 1950)<br/>(Caretaker)}}
| bgcolor="wheat"| 5 June<br/>2018
| bgcolor="wheat"| 18 August<br/>2018
| bgcolor="wheat"| '''{{ayd|5 Jun 2018|18 Aug 2018}}'''
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]<br/>{{small|(Caretaker)}}
| [[Mulk caretaker government|Mulk]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
| '''[[Nasirul Mulk]]'''<br/>{{small|(Caretaker)}}
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf}}"|
| [[File:Shah Mehmood Qureshi - 2011 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Shah Mahmood Qureshi]]'''<br/>{{small|(born 1956)<br/>MNA for 156 Multan-III}}
| 20 August<br/>2018
| 10 April<br/>2022
| '''{{ayd|20 Aug 2018|10 Apr 2022}}'''
| [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]]
| [[Imran Khan government|Imran]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf}}"|
| '''[[Imran Khan]]'''
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan People's Party}}"|
| [[File:Secretary Blinken and Pakistani Foreign Minister Bhutto Zardari Deliver Remarks (52387487125) (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Bilawal Bhutto Zardari]]'''<br/>{{small|(born 1988)<br/>MNA for [[NA-194 Larkana-I|200 Larkana]]}}
| 27 April<br/>2022
| 10 August<br/>2023
| '''{{ayd|27 Apr 2022|10 Aug 2023}}'''
| [[Pakistan People's Party]]
| [[First Shehbaz Sharif ministry|Shehbaz I]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}"|
| '''[[Shehbaz Sharif]]'''
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
| [[File:Visit of Jalil Abbas Jilani to the European Commission - P062486-613017 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| bgcolor="wheat"| '''[[Jalil Abbas Jilani]]'''<br/>{{small|(born 1955)<br/>(Caretaker)}}
| bgcolor="wheat"| 17 August<br/>2023
| bgcolor="wheat"| 4 March<br/>2024
| bgcolor="wheat"| '''{{ayd|17 Aug 2023|4 Mar 2024}}'''
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]<br/>{{small|(Caretaker)}}
| [[Kakar caretaker ministry|Kakar]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
| '''[[Anwaar ul Haq Kakar]]'''<br/>{{small|(Caretaker)}}
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}"|
| [[File:Ishaq Dar 1.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Ishaq Dar]]'''<br/>{{small|(born 1950)<br/>Senator for [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]]}}<br/>(Deputy Prime Minister)
| 11 March<br/>2024
| Incumbent
| '''{{ayd|11 Mar 2024}}'''
| [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]
| [[Second Shehbaz Sharif ministry|Shehbaz II]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}"|
| '''[[Shehbaz Sharif]]'''
|-
|}
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==See also==

*[[Constitution of Pakistan]]
*[[President of Pakistan]]
*[[Prime Minister of Pakistan]]
*[[Finance Minister of Pakistan]]
*[[Interior Minister of Pakistan]]
*[[Defense Minister of Pakistan]]

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101122214817/http://www.mofa.gov.pk/Pages/List_FM.htm Foreign Ministers of Pakistan (1947&ndash;2009)]
* [http://www.mofa.gov.pk/ Ministry of Foreign Affairs]
* [http://www.cabinet.gov.pk/ Parliamentary Cabinet of Pakistan]

[[Category:Foreign ministers of Pakistan| ]]
[[Category:Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan)]]