List of high commissioners of the United Kingdom to Pakistan
Countries belonging to the
Islamic Republic of Pakistan
.
The state of Pakistan was established on 14 August 1947 in the eastern and northwestern regions of British India. In 1972, Pakistan temporarily withdrew from the Commonwealth, and until it rejoined in 1989, the mission in
British High Commission in Islamabad
.
List of heads of mission
High commissioners to Pakistan
- 1947–1951: Sir Laurence Grafftey-Smith[1]
- 1951–1954: Sir Gilbert Laithwaite[1]
- 1954–1961: Sir Alexander Symon[1]
- 1961–1965: Sir Morrice James
- 1966–1971: Sir Cyril Pickard
Ambassadors to Pakistan
- 1972–1976: Sir Laurence Pumphrey
- 1976–1979: John Bushell
- 1979–1984: Sir Oliver Forster
- 1984–1987: Richard Fyjis-Walker
- 1987–1989: Nicholas Barrington
High commissioners to Pakistan
- 1989–1994: Sir Nicholas Barrington
- 1994–1997: Sir Christopher MacRae
- 1997–2000: Sir David Dain
- 2000–2003: Sir Hilary Synnott
- 2003–2006: Sir Mark Lyall Grant
- 2006–2010: Robert Brinkley
- 2010–2013: Sir Adam Thomson
- 2014–2016: Philip Barton[2][3]
- 2016-2019: Thomas Drew
- 2019–2022: Christian Turner[4]
- 2022–2023: Andrew Dalgleish[5]
- 2023-present: Jane Marriott
References
- ^ a b c "British Diplomats Directory" (PDF). Colin Mackie, gulabin.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016.
- ^ New British High Commissioner arrives in Pakistan, British High Commission Islamabad, 15 January 2014
- ^ Change of British High Commissioner, British High Commission Islamabad, 11 February 2016
- ^ Change of British High Commissioner to Pakistan, 19 August 2019
- ^ British envoy predicts resumption of high level visits between Pak, UK, The Nation, 22 January 2023, accessed 7 March 2023
External links
- UK and Pakistan, gov.uk