with his growing experience as a diplomat, in october 1976 the foreign office designated him the responsibility of counsellor at the permanent mission of pakistan to united nations, new york. he held the duty with full vigour and sense of professionalism and served the mission till february 1979. for the next 6 years, inam-ul-haq served as the director and subsequently, the director-general at the ministry of foreign affairs, in charge of un and its affiliated organizations as well as all other multilateral organizations i.e. non-aligned movement, organisation of islamic cooperation(oic) etc.