Maleeha Lodhi

Her Excellency Maliha Lodhi
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

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.

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
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