ISLAMABAD: Reshuffle in diplomatic corps of Pakistan was made and Dr Faisal Foreign Office Spokesman was one among 21 diplomats to be shuffled.
Dr Faisal has been appointed Pakistan’s ambassador to Germany, replacing Johar Salim and Shafqat Ali Khan appointed ambassador to Russia.
Prime Minister Imran Khan approved the reshuffle. There is no news on who will replace Dr Faisal as Foreign Office spokesperson.
Following are the details of the new appointments of diplomats with new assignments;
Mohammad Faisal appointed ambassador to Germany
Johar Salim appointed ambassador to Italy
Rahim Hayat Qureshi appointed ambassador to Iran
Shafqat Ali Khan appointed ambassador to Russia
Sardar Azhar Tariq Khan appointed ambassador to Kyrgyztan
Major General (retd) Umar Farooq Burki appointed ambassador to Jordan
Vice Admiral (retd) Ather Mukhtar appointed ambassador to Maldives
Maryam Madiha Aftab appointed ambassador to Bulgaria
Zahid Hussain appointed consul general in Frankfurt
Malik Mohammad Farooq appointed ambassador to Poland
Mohammad Naeem Khan appointed ambassador to Greece
Ali Ahmed Arain appointed ambassador to Senegal
Irfan Ahmad appointed ambassador to Turkmenistan
Ahmad Farooq appointed ambassador to Denmark
Zafar Iqbal appointed ambassador to Romania
Babar Amin appointed ambassador to Argentina
Mohammad Tariq Wazir appointed consul general in Manchester
Zehra Baloch appointed ambassador to South Korea
Samina Mehtab appointed consul general to Chengdu China
Ali Asad Gilani appointed ambassador to Uzbekistan
Saeed Ahmad Khan’s appointment as ambassador to Azerbaijan has been extended
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