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Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations

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Residence
  
Manhattan, NYC

Appointer
  
Mamnoon Hussain

Inaugural holder
  
Patras Bokhari

Nominator
  
Nawaz Sharif

Term length
  
3 years

Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations

Style
  
Her Excellency Ambassador

Pakistan Ambassador to the United Nations or officially the Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations is the diplomatic position representing Pakistan on all platforms of the United Nations (UN) in New York City. Apart from the Pakistan Mission to the UN 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 Dr. Maleeha Lodhi, prominent previous holders include Masood Khan and Muhammad Zafarullah Khan.

References

Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations Wikipedia