Niaz A. Naik

Niaz A. Naik (31 May 1926 8 August 2009) was a Pakistani diplomat.

He served as Foreign Secretary of Pakistan from 1982 to 1986 and also served as a High Commissioner of Pakistan to India. He played a pivotal role in the back-channel talks during the 1999 Kargil War between India and Pakistan. Naik was also part of the UN-sponsored international contact group on Afghanistan.

Kargil War Naik, who also served as High Commissioner to India, played a pivotal role in the back-channel talks during the 1999 Kargil War between India and Pakistan.

Death Naik was found murdered in his house in the Pakistani capital Islamabad on August 8, 2009. A postmortem at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences hospital revealed that Naik may have been tortured before he was killed. Four ribs and the jaw bone were fractured and his lungs were damaged by a sharp heavy object. His body was discovered 3 or 4 days after his murder. Naik was unmarried and lived alone in Islamabad.