Akram Zaki: Difference between revisions

'''Akram Zaki''' (27 October 1931 &ndash; 30 November 2017) was a 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 (newspaper) |access-date=1 November 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606125306/http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_19-3-2003_pg7_43 |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>

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