Shamshad Ahmad

Shamshad Ahmad

22nd Foreign Secretary of Pakistan
Foreign Secretary
In office 1997–2000
Preceded by	Najmuddin Shaikh
Succeeded by	Inam-ul-Haq
Personal details
Alma mater	Government College Lahore
Religion	Muslim

Shamshad Ahmad (Urdu: شمشاد احمد‎) is a veteran Pakistani diplomat, international relations expert and an author who served as the Foreign Secretary of Pakistan from 1997 to 2000 and as the Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations between 2000 till 2002. He also served as Pakistan's ambassador to South Korea and Iran.

He currently writes a weekly column for English daily The News. Before that he was a regular contributor to The Nation. He also writes occasionally for Dawn and The Express Tribune. He is the author of books including Dreams Unfulfilled and Pakistan and World Affairs.

Shamshad Ahmad did his Masters in Political Science and B.A (Hons) from Government College Lahore before joining Foreign Service of Pakistan in 1965.

His diplomatic career includes various posts at headquarters in Islamabad and in Pakistan missions abroad. He served as Ambassador to South Korea (1987–1990) and Iran (1990–1992), as Secretary-General, Economic Cooperation Organization (1992–1996), Pakistan's Foreign Secretary (1997–2000), and as Pakistan's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN (2000–2002).