Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations
In office 25 March 1967 – 20 January 1972
President
Field Marshal Ayub Khan General Yahya Khan Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
Vice President
Nurul Amin
Vice PM
Nurul Amin
Preceded by
Syed Amjad Ali
Succeeded by
Iqbal Akhuond
Personal details
Born
Agha Shahi
25 August 1920 Bangalore, Princely State of Mysore, British India
Died
6 September 2006(2006-09-06) (aged 86) Islamabad, Pakistan
Citizenship
British Indian (1920–1947) Pakistan (1947–2006)
Nationality
Pakistani
Relatives
Agha Hilaly (brother) Zafar Hilaly (nephew)
Alma mater
Indian Institute of Science
Occupation
Statesman
Profession
Physicist, mathematician, teacher
Cabinet
Zia military government Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Government
National Awards
Nishan-e-Imtiaz, 2nd Class (Order of Excellence)
Agha Shahi (Urdu: آغا شا ﮨی; 25 August 1920 – 6 September 2006), NI, was a Pakistani career Foreign service officer who was the leading civilian figure in the military government of former President General Zia-ul-Haq from 1977 to 1982. A diplomat and technocrat by profession, he joined Foreign Services in 1951 and held important diplomatic assignments in the United States, China, and the United Nations. He served as the Foreign secretary— the leading bureaucratic position in Pakistan Government— in 1973 until 1977, after Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's government was dismissed (see Codename Fair Play).[1]
However, he immediately served as the foreign policy adviser to upcoming Chief Martial Law Administrator General Zia-ul-Haq who appointed him as the Foreign Minister shortly after assuming the control of the country. In 1982, after losing General Zia's favour when he made an attempt to keep country on Non-Aligned Movement membership, he lost the foreign affairs ministry to senior military officer Lieutenant-General Yakob Ali Khan. His relationship with General Zia-ul-Haq and his military government further deteriorated, with General Zia complaining about Shahi's speech on improving Pakistan's relations with Soviet Union and the Non-Aligned Movement. He departed from country in 1982 to join the United Nations General Assembly and served as the Chairman of UN Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination until 1990, and served as the Chairman of the Pakistan delegation at World Conference on Human Rights. During his last years, he associated with the Institute of Strategic Studies (ISS), Islamabad where he served as its president until his death.[1]
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AghaShahi (Urdu: آغا شا ﮨی; 25 August 1920 – 6 September 2006), NI, was a Pakistani career Foreign service officer who was the leading civilian figure...
reversal of US policy towards an avowed enemy state. His younger brother AghaShahi also an ICS officer followed in his footsteps and rose to be Foreign Minister...
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general, finance), Ghulam Ishaq Khan (secretary general, defence), and AghaShahi (secretary general, foreign affairs), and reported directly to Bhutto...
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and a rocket scientist Pervez Hoodbhoy – nuclear physicist and activist AghaShahi – diplomat and technocrat Razi Abedi – literary figure, activist and scholar...
brought in to the Zia administration as foreign minister in 1982 when AghaShahi departed President Zia-ul-Haq's cabinet. He was appointed foreign minister...
Rizwan Ahmed- secretary to Government of Pakistan (Federal Secretary) AghaShahi Sahabzada Yaqub Khan- prince of former Rampur State. Ex-foreign minister...
three Muslims selected for the Indian Civil Service, the others being AghaShahi and Mian Riazuddin Ahmed. Thus, Kazi started a career that would last...
of Islamabad. The primary entrance is adjacent to the intersection of AghaShahi Avenue (9th Avenue) and Khayaban-e-Iqbal (Margalla Road), opposite to...
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Parisa Bakhtavar and Standardized Patient series by Saeed Agha Khani. Nima Shahrokh Shahi has appeared in over 130 films, TV series, and home shows....
Coordination Board (UCB) which consisted of AGN Kazi, Munir Ahmad and AghaShahi. Khan recommended S A Nawab for the Hilal-i-Imtiaz medal in recognition...
partition, dividing the family to serve Pakistan instead. AghaShahi became Foreign Minister, and Agha Hilaly a senior diplomat. Ismail's granddaughter from...
met with Prime Minister Bhutto in the presence of Ghulam Ishaq Khan, AghaShahi, and Mubashir Hassan where he explained the significance of highly enriched...
foreign minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Pakistan's foreign secretary AghaShahi. The height of spillway gates was reduced from 40 ft to 30 ft. The under-sluices...
Appointed by Ayub Khan Preceded by Muhammad Zafarullah Khan Succeeded by AghaShahi Pakistan Ambassador to the United States In office 26 September 1953 –...
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