ISLAMABAD, 5 December 2004 — Pakistan has appointed 14 new ambassadors in important world capitals. Foreign Ministry spokesman Masood Khan will be Pakistan’s new ambassador to Afghanistan in place of Rustum Shah Mohmand who is retiring.
Additional Secretary for the US and Latin American desk Saeed Khalid will take over as ambassador to Germany from where Aizadiee is moving to Brussels as ambassador to Belgium and the European Commission.
Additional Secretary Hasan Sarmad has been picked as ambassador to Spain in place of Aftab Shah, who attained superannuation. Highly placed sources said Pakistan’s envoy to Norway Muhammad Shabaz will take over as permanent representative to the United Nations in Geneva.
Incumbent Representative Shaukat Umar will be completing his extended period of service in Geneva. Mian Sanaullah, currently director general of Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) desk, will be ambassador to Portugal.
Fauzia Sana, another director general will be ambassador to Romania. Pakistan’s Ambassador to Russia Iftikhar Murshid will swap his post with Mustafa Kamal Kazi as envoy to Holland, the sources added.
Deputy representative to the United Nations in New York, Masood Khalid, has been appointed ambassador to South Korea while Ms. Tasneem Aslam, director USA desk, will replace him. Director General Foreign Office Naeem Khan will go to Dubai to take over from Amanullah Larik, who is completing his extended period of service as consul general.
Tehmina Janjua will take up the assignment as deputy representative at the UN headquarters in Geneva. Syed Jaleel Abbas Jailani will be Pakistan’s ambassador to Sweden. He is currently director general South Asia desk.
Additional Secretary Middle East Javaid Hafeez will likely go to Muscat as ambassador while Sohail Amin, director general Europe, may proceed to Norway. Muhammad Sadiq, Pakistan’s chief of mission in Washington, has been proposed to replace Ali Sarwar Naqvi in Vienna as ambassador to Austria, the sources said.
Naqvi is attaining superannuation next month. Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York will get a two-year extension despite attaining superannuation next month.
All ambassadors would be moving to their respective places of posting after the host governments approve their appointments, the sources added.
