The Foreign Office issues a statement that clarified Dr. Shama Junjo’s role after setback over her presence in Pakistan’s delegation in the United Nations General Assembly.
The Foreign Office (FO) clarified that “the person in question was not listed in the official letter of faith for the Pakistan delegation to the 80th UN General Assembly (UNGA) session, signed by the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has noticed inquiries regarding space for a particular individual behind the Minister of Defense at a recent meeting in UNSC. To clarify the person in question was not listed in the official credibility letter for the Pakistan delegation to …
– Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Pakistan (@ForeignOfficepk) September 26, 2025
Shama Junjo has been accused by individuals of being a supporter of Zionism and Israel, based on her former positions on X, where she expressed her consideration of Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu.
Absolutely!
I have advocate for 🤝 between 🇵 didn’t have for years. Therefore, I am destroyed to see them support the wrong horse Imran Khan. As a strange advocate for 🇵 didn’t acknowledge @IsraelIt hurts me that the focus is misled against IK instead of prioritizing …– Dr. Shama Junejo (@shamajunejo) July 11, 2023
Former federal ministers Shireen Mazari and Fawad Chaudhry called the government of Pakistan and Defense Minister Khawaja Asif, whom she was sitting behind for having allowed a supporter of Israel to be allowed to be part of the Pakistan delegation.
Lying with such brazenness. @ForeignOfficepk issued her credentials, so knew exactly who she was. Your mission at the UN in NYC gets a list of the entire delegation. Such attempts at blur and obvious lie will not cause the problem to rest. Time to get clean of this unpleasant affair!
– Shireen Mazari (@Shireenmazari1) September 27, 2025
The women who accompanied Pak Un -Delegation have interesting history she worked primarily for Raw Incharge for the Jinnahpur project Anwer Bhai, he was the one entrusted to Indian funding Waqas Goraya and Ahmad Noorani Raw assets, usually Anwer Bhai was received by Waqas Goraya …
– Ch Fawad Hussain (@Fawadchaudhry) September 26, 2025
Defense Minister Khawaja Asif, who has been a vocal spokesman for the Palestinian case, called the Foreign Office in a post on X and demanded answers to how this person was allowed to be there: “Who is this woman? Why is she with us in the delegation? And why did she sit behind me? Only the foreign office can answer these questions.”
سلاlar ک $ یںل یں یہ قONی CH یہ خاتاتا ے ے ی یONE پیچھے یٹھ یٹھOUFE ھے خارجہ کی vert Ops ظہ ی moved pic.twitter.com/fkychz4fyy
– Khawaja M. Asif (@khawajamasif) September 26, 2025
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded with a statement and made it clear that Shama Junjo was not an official part of the Pakistani delegation and that her seating did not have the approval of Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar. It is still unclear who allowed the seat.
