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The Foreign Secretary of Pakistan is the bureaucratic head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Secretary, as in all other ministries of Government of Pakistan, works under the Minister who is a member of National Assembly. The Foreign Secretary is usually a seasoned diplomat, who is a Grade I 22 officer of the Central Superior Services of Pakistan. Due to the unstable political history of Pakistan, the bureaucrats were usually the policymakers of the country. Similarly, foreign policy of Pakistan was mostly thought up by the then military/political rulers and implemented by the ministry of foreign affairs under chairmanship of the Secretary. Such was the case in the United States opening of relations with China, in which Pakistan acted an important role. It was the then Foreign Secretary Sultan M. Khan who was to arrange the secret visit of U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to China via Pakistan. This visit paved the way to opening of Sino-U.S. relations under President Richard Nixon.〔M.M. Ali, ("Former Pakistani Foreign Secretary Sultan Mohammed Khan’s Colorful Life Parallels His Country’s History" ) ''Washington Report on Middle East Affairs'', March 1999〕 Some of other foreign secretaries, Agha Shahi, Abdul Sattar, Inamulhaque later rose to be Foreign Minister of Pakistan. The 26th Foreign Secretary was Salman Bashir, who was nominated by the ruling coalition in April 2008. He served as Foreign Secretary until 3 March 2012. He was then appointed as Pakistan's High Commisdioner to India. n〔A.G. Noorani ("Killing the messenger" ) ''Daily Times'', May 30, 2008〕 Jalil Abbas Jilani remained in the office from 3 March 2012 to December 2013 before he was appointed as Ambassador to the United States in December 2013. The current Foreign Secretary is Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry, who took the charge of this office in December 2013. ==List of Foreign Secretaries== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Foreign Secretary (Pakistan)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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