Fletcher School at Tufts University Mumtaz Zahra Baloch is a Pakistani diplomat currently serving as Spokesperson and Additional Foreign Secretary (Strategic Communication Division and Public Diplomacy) in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan.
Baloch has held various diplomatic positions including Ambassador of Pakistan to Korea, Minister/Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of Pakistan in China, and Counsellor for Political Affairs at the Embassy of Pakistan, Washington, D.C. Baloch holds a master's degree in physics from University of the Punjab, a Master's in International Relations from Fletcher School at Tufts University in the US, and a degree from the École nationale d'administration, France.
Before her current role, she served as the Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of Pakistan in China from 2015 to 2020.
Earlier in her career, from 1999 to 2002, she was the Second Secretary at the Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the United Nations in Geneva.
[4] In November 2022, Baloch was appointed spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, replacing Asim Iftikhar.