H.E. Ms. Rita Dhital, Ambassador of Nepal to Pakistan

Rita Dhital, a career diplomat and former Joint Secretary at Nepal’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, took charge as Nepal’s Ambassador to Pakistan in late 2024. Since arriving in Islamabad she has pursued a brisk economic diplomacy agenda, reaching out to chambers of commerce from Karachi to Sialkot to make the case for expanded bilateral trade, restored air connectivity and private sector-led investment. On climate, she has drawn a sharp parallel between Nepal and Pakistan — both mountain nations bearing disproportionate costs of a crisis they did little to cause — and has called for unified advocacy on loss-and-damage finance and glacier preservation. She was recently instrumental in organising the International Vesak Day event at Taxila Museum, a reminder that cultural diplomacy too remains close to her brief.