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Line 1: {{short description\|Pakistani diplomat}} {{Infobox Officeholder▼ {{Use Pakistani English\|date=November 2022}} \| honorific-prefix =▼ {{Use dmy dates\|date=November 2022}} ▲{{Infobox ~~Officeholder~~officeholder ▲\| honorific-prefix = \| name = Akram Zaki \| honorific-suffix = \| image = ~~Akram Zaki Headshot.jpg~~ \| alt = Headshot of an older man wearing a dark suitcoat over white kameez. \| constituency_MP = ~~Islamabad Capital Territory~~ \| order = ~~Senator~~ \| majority = \| predecessor = \| successor = \| term_start = 21 March 1997 \| term_end = 20 March 2002 \| birth_date = {{birth date\|1931\|10\|27\|df=y}} \| birth_place = [[Gujranwala]], Punjab, [[British Raj]] <small>(present Pakistan)</small> \| death_date = {{death date and age\|2017\|11\|30\|1931\|10\|27\|df=y}} \| death_place = [[Islamabad]], [[Pakistan]] \| nationality = Pakistani \| spouse = \| party = [[Pakistan Muslim League ]] \| relations = \| children = \| residence = \| alma_mater = [[Forman Christian College]], <br/>[[University of the Punjab]] ~~and~~ <br/>[[The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy]] at [[Tufts University]], ~~MASS~~United States ~~USA]]~~ \| occupation = Diplomat, ~~Politicians~~Politician, Human rights Activist, Writer \| profession = Career diplomat \| ~~religion~~footnotes = ~~Islam~~ \| office = [[Senate of Pakistan\|Pakistan Senator from Islamabad Capital Territory]] ~~\| signature =~~ \| office1 = [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan)\|Minister of Foreign Affairs]]<br>acting ~~\| signature_alt =~~ \| termstart1 = April 1991 ~~\| website =~~ \| termend1 = 10 September 1991 ~~\| footnotes =~~ \| primeminister1 = [[Nawaz Sharif]] \| successor1 = [[Siddiq Khan Kanju]] \| predecessor1 = [[Sahabzada Yaqub Khan]] }} '''Akram Zaki''' (27 October 1931 –– 30 November 2017) was a ~~[[Pakistan]]i~~Pakistani politician. He held the role of senior leader of the [[Pakistan Muslim League ]] <ref name=DT>{{cite news\|url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_19-3-2003_pg7_43 \|title=Anti-war moot condemns US belligerence \|date=19 March 2003 \|work=[[Daily Times (~~Pakistan~~newspaper)~~\|Daily Times]]~~ \|~~accessdate~~access-date=251 ~~May~~November ~~2010~~2022 \|~~deadurl~~url-status=~~yes~~dead \|~~archiveurl~~archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606125306/http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_19-3-2003_pg7_43 \|~~archivedate~~archive-date=6 June 2011 }}</ref> and chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19990901/ige01068.html\|title=Periscope on Pakistan\|date=1 September 1999\|work=[[The Indian Express]]\|accessdate=25 May 2010}}</ref> ==Career== Zaki also served as Pakistani ambassador to China, Nigeria, the Philippines and the United States and remained as secretary general and minister of state for foreign affairs <ref>{{cite book\|last1=Tomsen\|first1=Peter\|title=The Wars of Afghanistan: Messianic Terrorism, Tribal Conflicts, and the Failures of Great Powers\|date=2011\|publisher=PublicAffairs\|isbn=9781586487812\|page=xxxii}}</ref> during a long career with the Foreign Service that spanned throughout the reigns of Z.A. Bhutto and Gen. Zia-ul-Haq. Zaki also served as Pakistani ambassador to [[China]], [[Nigeria]], the [[Philippines]] and the [[United States]] and remained as secretary general and minister of state for foreign affairs<ref name=IPS/> during a long career with the Foreign Service that spanned throughout the reigns of [[Z. A. Bhutto]] and [[General Zia Ul-Haq]]. He was an active contributor to a number of research and social organizations in Pakistan and represented Pakistan at several national and international conferences including [[United Nations General Assembly]], [[UN Human Rights Commission]], [[Organization of Islamic Conference]], [[Asian Development Bank]] and more.<ref name=IPS>{{cite web \| title=Akram Zaki profile \|website=Institute of Policy Studies website\| date=2009-12-11 \| url=http://www.ips.org.pk/akram-zaki/ \|access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref><ref name=PIHRO>{{cite web\|url=http://www.pihro.org/akram_zaki.html\|title=Profile of Akram Zaki\|website=Pakistan International Human Rights Organization (PIRHO) website\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=25 April 2012\|access-date=1 November 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425151700/http://www.pihro.org/akram_zaki.html}}</ref> ==Death== Akram Zaki died on 30 November 2017 at [[Islamabad]], Pakistan.<ref name=IPS/> ==References== {{~~reflist~~Reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.pihro.org/akram_zaki.html Profile of Zaki on the website of the nonprofit he chairs, the Pakistan International Human Rights Organization, last updated 2006] {{Authority control}} {{Foreign Minister of Pakistan}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Zaki, Akram}} Line 48 ⟶ 63: [[Category:Members of the Senate of Pakistan]] [[Category:Ambassadors of Pakistan to China]] [[Category:High ~~Commissioners~~commissioners of Pakistan to Nigeria]] [[Category:Ambassadors of Pakistan to the Philippines]] [[Category:People from Gujranwala]]