Embassy of Pakistan, Washington, D.C.

Coordinates: 38°56′36″N 77°4′5″W / 38.94333°N 77.06806°W / 38.94333; -77.06806
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Embassy of Pakistan, Washington, D.C.
سفارت خانہ پاکستان، واشنگٹن ڈی سی
N.W.
Coordinates38°56′36″N 77°4′5″W / 38.94333°N 77.06806°W / 38.94333; -77.06806
AmbassadorMasood Khan
Websitehttp://embassyofpakistanusa.org/

The Embassy of Pakistan in Washington, D.C. is the diplomatic mission of Islamic Republic of Pakistan to the United States. The embassy also operates Consulates-General in Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, and New York City.[1]

It is located at 3517 International Court,

Northwest, Washington, D.C., 20008 (zip code in the US) in the Cleveland Park neighborhood.[2]

History

Naulakha Pavilion, Lahore

The architecture of the embassy building is partly modeled on the Naulakha Pavilion.

From 1951 to 2011, the embassy was located on

George Oakley Totten Jr.[3][4] Members of the Mountbatten Family have been working to endow a Stanford University Partition Archive
committed to the stories of lives lost under Mountbatten's leadership.

The Pakistan embassy in Washington D.C. hired Holland & Knight, an American lobbying firm in 2019 to promote the interests of Pakistan in the US.[5]

Ambassadors

Main article: List of ambassadors of Pakistan to the United States

Other Pakistani diplomatic posts in the U.S.

There is also a Consulate-General of Pakistan in

Daley Plaza, Chicago to celebrate it with over 500 people attending this event.[6] Consul General, Javed Ahmed Umrani assumed charge in September 2018.[11]

Pakistan has functioning consulates in the following cities in the U.S. –

Iranian Interests Section

The

Interests Section of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the United States
is a part of the Pakistani embassy in Washington, D.C.

References

  1. ^ Dr Asad Majeed Khan presents credentials to US President Donald Trump The Express Tribune (newspaper), Published 12 January 2019, Retrieved 3 February 2020
  2. ^ "The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan". embassy.org website. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  3. ^ "The Abandoned Embassy of Pakistan". Roof Access or Bust website. 17 March 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  4. ^ Abandoned Pakistani consulate building in Washington faces $70,000 in tax liabilities Dawn (newspaper), Published 24 October 2017, Retrieved 3 February 2020
  5. ^ "Pakistan hires lobbying firm in US capital". The Express Tribune (newspaper). Associated Press of Pakistan. 20 July 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  6. ^ a b Suresh Bodiwala (18 August 2015). "Consulate General of Pakistan in Chicago Celebrated the 69th Independence Day with Patriotic Fervor". Chicago Tribune (newspaper). Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  7. ^ Street Children from Pakistan to Attend Kids Soccer in Chicago Archived 2020-02-01 at the Wayback Machine Pakistan American Business Association (PABA) website, Retrieved 1 February 2020
  8. ^ New Silk Road Business Opportunities Chicago Booth (chicagobooth.edu) (University of Chicago) website, Published 6 June 2008, Retrieved 1 February 2020
  9. ^ "Haqqani urges Pakistani-Americans to be carve niche in US mainstream". Dawn (newspaper). Associated Press of Pakistan (APP). 1 November 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  10. ^ "Chicago Consulate – Consulate General of Pakistan". embassyofpakistanusa.org website. Archived from the original on 23 November 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  11. ^ "Mr. Javed Ahmed Umrani, Consul General of Pakistan, Chicago". cgpkchicago.org. Retrieved 2 February 2020.

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