In September 2026, Shafqat Ali Khan was appointed as Pakistan’s
first ambassador to Armenia.
Pakistan and Armenia established diplomatic relations in
August 2025.
Pakistan had been the only UN member state that withheld
recognition of Armenia’s sovereignty since 1991, citing solidarity with
Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
In 2025, Gen (R) Nigar Johar Khan, Pakistan's first female Surgeon General, has been appointed Brand Ambassador for Women Empowerment by the Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI).
In 2021, retired Lt Gen Johar became the first-ever female general to be appointed the colonel commandant of Army Medical Corps (AMC).
Earlier in 2020, she became Pakistan’s first female army officer to be promoted to the rank of lieutenant general.
Ambassador Riffat Masood became Pakistan’s first woman envoy to the Islamic Republic of Iran, after handing over a copy of her credentials to Foreign Minister Javad Zarif in 2018.
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Iran was the first to open its embassy in Pakistan.
Pakistan opened its first embassy in Iran on 14 August 1947
Iran and Pakistan established relations on 14 August 1947, the day of the independence of Pakistan
Iran became the first country to recognize Pakistan.
