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There are currently 83 diplomatic missions located in Islamabad, most of which are in the Diplomatic Enclave. Many countries maintain consulates in other Pakistani cities. Several countries have non-resident embassies accredited from other foreign capitals, such as Abu Dhabi, Ankara, Riyadh and Tehran. This listing excludes honorary consulates.
This is a list of diplomatic missions of Pakistan, excluding honorary consulates. [1] As the fifth-most populous country [2] and the second-most populous country in the Muslim world, [3] Pakistan has an extensive and large diplomatic network around the world.
The first Embassy of the United States to Pakistan was located in the city of Karachi, then the capital of Pakistan. The embassy was relocated to Islamabad after the city was made the new capital in 1960, and rebuilt in 1979. In 2015, a new embassy complex was completed at a cost of $736 million. [3]
The Afghan ambassador to Pakistan is the top-level diplomatic representative of Afghanistan in Pakistan.The ambassador is in charge of the Afghan embassy in Islamabad.It is politically an important Afghan diplomatic post, due to the Afghan–Pakistani bilateral relations, both countries being neighbours and Pakistan facilitating overland transit trade for a landlocked Afghanistan.
Pakistan has an embassy in Yangon, [367] and Burma has an embassy in Islamabad. [368] In January 2012, President Asif Ali Zardari paid a state visit to Yangon, Burma where he met Aung San Suu Kyi and conferred her the "Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Award for Democracy" for her long struggle for democracy. Zardari's children were also present in the ...
The capital of Pakistan was moved to Islamabad in August 1960. Walter P. McConaughy – Career FSO March 1, 1962 March 20, 1962 May 27, 1966 Eugene Murphy Locke – Political appointee May 27, 1966 June 9, 1966 April 16, 1967 Benjamin H. Oehlert, Jr. – Political appointee July 27, 1967 August 16, 1967 June 17, 1969
As of December 2023, Taliban appointees for embassy chargés d'affaires have been accredited by Kazakhstan, Iran, Pakistan, Russia, and Turkmenistan. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 9 ] The Taliban has also been handed control of the embassies in Qatar and Malaysia , the missions in India , and the consulate general in Dubai, United Arab Emirates .
When the capital of Pakistan was moved to Islamabad in 1965, the Nunciature was re-located to the Diplomatic Enclave in Islamabad. Following the partition of India and the formation of the independent nation of Pakistan in 1947, the Holy See established the Delegation to Pakistan on 15 July 1950 [ 2 ] and named as first delegate James Cornelius ...