Iqbal Akhund

Akhund joined the foreign services after completing his civil services in 1948. He was appointed at various posts during his career such as permanent representative to the United Nations, assistant secretary-general at the United Nations, the president of the Security Council, and president of the United Nations Economic and Social Council. After retiring from foreign services, he was appointed as the national security advisor in the government of Benazir Bhutto from 1988 to 1990.^[7][9]

Before serving at the UN, he served as ambassador of Pakistan to Egypt, Yugoslavia and France. Prior to his retirement from foreign services on security, he was appointed as United Nations Resident Coordinator in Lebanon, and chairperson of the Security Council Committee on Sanctions against Rhodesia, a part of the United Nations Security Council.^[10]

• Akhund, I. (2017). Of Pearls and Pecks of Straw: Recollections, Essays, After-thoughts. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-940761-3. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
• Akhund, I.; Riyāz̤, F. (2001). Benaẓīr Ḥukūmat: Pahlā Daur : Kyā Khoyā, Kyā Pāyā? (in Latvian). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-579421-2. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
• Akhund, I. (2000). Trial and Error: The Advent and Eclipse of Benazir Bhutto. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-579160-0. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
• Akhund, I. (1998). Memoirs of a Bystander: A Life in Diplomacy. Oxford Pakistan paperbacks. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-577997-4. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
• Akhund, I.; Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies (1983). On Revitalizing the International Order. Wye paper. Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies. ISBN 978-0-89843-051-6. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
• Akhund, I. (1979). Two Interviews on Pakistan's Nuclear Programme. Directorate of Films and Publications, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of Pakistan. Retrieved 30 November 2021.