Babar W. Malik

H. E. Babar W. Malik is a diplomat who has worked in the Foreign Service of Pakistan form 1973 to 2012 serving as ambassador to Turkmenistan (June 4, 1998 – 2003) and High Commissioner of Pakistan to Australia, New Zealand, Fiji Islands (2003-2012).

Malik was born May 1, 1945 to Akhtar Sultan and Wahid A Malik in Lahore, educated at St. Anthony's High School and Aitchison College. Later, he received an MA in English Literature from Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, where he was acquainted with Charles, Prince of Wales.

As a high ranking diplomat, Malik was posted to Moscow, Astana, Paris, Mexico, Havanna, Kingston, Jamaica (1974–75), Rabat (1975–78), Washington, D.C. (1986–91) and Cairo (1991-95). He was a former Director General of the Foreign Service of Pakistan.

Malik comes from an old prominent and aristocratic family of Lahore, who at one point were one of the richest families in the world, worth in excess of $900 million. His relatives include Malik Ghulam Muhammad and the first Lord Mayor of Lahore, Pakistan

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