Special Assistant to the Prime Minister of Foreign Affairs

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
State emblem of Pakistan
Incumbent Tariq Fatemi (serving as an Special Assistant) since July 2013
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Style	Sir Minister
Member of	Cabinet, National Security Council
Reports to	Foreign Minister of Pakistan
Residence	Islamabad, Pakistan
Nominator	Prime Minister of Pakistan
Appointer	President of Pakistan
Term length	Pleasure of the Prime Minister
Inaugural holder	Aziz Ahmed
Formation	1972

The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (MSFA) is the junior minister within the Cabinet of Pakistan who serves as the second highest ranking member of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, after the Foreign Minister.

During the absence of a Foreign Minister, Minister of State takes the de-facto charge Ministry of Foreign Affairs. There were two such instances in the past; Siddiq Khan Kanju was the effective Foreign Minister from 1991 to 1993 and Inam-ul-Haq for four months in 2002.

In the case that the Minister of State is not the member of the Parliament of Pakistan, the position is titled as the Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs (SAFA). This is the case since July, 2013, which is occupied by Tariq Fatemi.