Maleeha Lodhi
Dr. Maleeha Lodhi, HI, is a journalist, academic, and diplomat from Pakistan. Till recently, she was the high commissioner of Pakistan to the United Kingdom. She was ambassador from Pakistan to the United States from 1994-1997 and 1999-2002.
Maliha Lodhi | |
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 Lodhi (center) with fellow statesman Abdul Sattar in 2001 | |
| 17th Pakistan Ambassador to the United States | |
| In office 17 December 1999 – 4 August 2002 | |
| President | Pervez Musharraf Muhammad Rafiq Tarar |
| Preceded by | Riaz Khokhar |
| Succeeded by | Ashraf Qazi |
| In office 21 January 1994 – 30 January 1997 | |
| President | Farooq Leghari |
| Prime Minister | Nawaz Sharif Benazir Bhutto |
| Preceded by | Syeda Abida Hussain |
| Succeeded by | Riaz Khokhar |
| Pakistan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom | |
| In office April 1, 2003 – June 14, 2008 | |
| President | Pervez Musharraf |
| Prime Minister | Zafarullah Khan Jamali Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain Shaukat Aziz |
| Preceded by | Abdul Kader Jaffer |
| Succeeded by | Wajid Shamsul Hasan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Maliha Lodhi |
| Citizenship |  Pakistan |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Alma mater | Quaid-i-Azam University London School of Economics |
| Occupation | Diplomat, military strategist, academician |
At present she is a Fellow at the Institute of Politics, Kennedy School, Harvard University. She has also been a member of the United Nations Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament.
| Diplomatic posts | ||
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| Preceded by Syeda Abida Hussain |
Pakistan Ambassador to the United States January 1994 - January 1997 |
Succeeded by Riaz Khokhar |
| Preceded by Tariq Fatemi |
2nd term December 1999 - August 2002 |
Succeeded by Ashraf Qazi |
| Preceded by Abdul Kader Jaffer |
Pakistan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom April 2003 - June 2008 |
Succeeded by Wajid Shamsul Hasan |
Maleeha Lodhi Media
Entrance to Department of Government at London School of Economics, where Lodhi studied and later taught.
Lodhi stayed at the Pakistani ambassador's residence located in the Kalorama neighborhood of Washington, D.C.
The office of Pakistan's mission to the UN located on the East 65th Street.
Lodhi and Robin Raphel often held informal meetings at the Rtiz lobby.
