Iqbal Ahmad Akhund (Sindhi: اقبال احمد آخوند‎; Urdu: اقبال احمد آخوند; born 21 August 1924, died 3 June 2020) was a Pakistani diplomat and writer who served as the 7th permanent representative of Pakistan to the United Nations[2] and the 5th national security advisor to the 11th prime minister of Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto for foreign affairs and national security.

[2] A head of the United Nations Centre Against Apartheid, Akhund also served as a Special Representative of the Secretary-General and United Nations Assistant Secretary-General from 1979 to 1987.

His father was a sessions judge in British Indian government and retired in the mid-1950s as a chief justice of Khairpur.

In 1945, Akhund obtained his master's degree in economics and political science at Karachi.

After retiring from foreign services, he was appointed as the national security advisor in the government of Benazir Bhutto from 1988 to 1990.