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Agha Shahi

Agha Shahi
آغا شا ﮨی
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13th Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
14 January 1978 – 9 March 1982
President General Zia-ul-Haq
Preceded by Aziz Ahmed
Succeeded by Lt Gen Yaqob Ali Khan
13th Secretary of Foreign Affairs
In office
6 July 1973 – 6 July 1977
President Fzal Illahie Chaudhrie
Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
Preceded by Mumtaz Ali Alvie
Succeeded by Sardar Shah Nawaz
5th Pakistan Ambassador 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, Mysore
Died 6 September 2006(2006-09-06) (aged 86)
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citizenship Indian (1920–1947)
Pakistan (1947–2006)
Nationality Pakistan
Alma mater Indian Institute of Science
Occupation Statesman
Profession Physicist, mathematician, teacher
Cabinet Zia military government
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Government
Religion Shiite Islam
National Awards Nishan-e-Imtiaz, 2nd Class

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— a leading bureaucratic position in Pakistan Government— in 1973 until 1977, after Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's government was dismissed (see Codename Fair Play).

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 Genera 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) where he served its President until his death.


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