ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has approved the appointments of 19 ambassadors and consuls general of Pakistan for different countries.
Sources told Geo News that Rahim Hayat Qureshi, currently serving as Secretary Board of Investment (BOI), has been appointed as ambassador in Brussels, which is also the seat of EU headquarters.
Asima Rabbani has been appointed as ambassador to the Philippines while Abdul Hameed Bhutta has been designated as ambassador to Japan.
Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri, who also served as Foreign Office spokesperson, has been appointed as ambassador to Indonesia. Najeeb Durrani has been appointed as ambassador to Ghana.
Furthermore, sources said, Moazzam Shah was appointed as ambassador to South Korea, Malik Muhammad Farooq as ambassador to South Africa, Syed Adil Gilani as ambassador to Morocco. At the same time, Tariq Karim and Aqsa Nawaz were designated as ambassadors to African countries.
Syed Haider Shah has been appointed as ambassador to the Netherlands, Amir Shaukat as ambassador to Egypt, Shehryar Akbar as ambassador to Czech Republic and Marghoob Saleem Butt as ambassador to Switzerland.
Meanwhile, Zaman Mehdi has been designated as consul general in Chicago, Wajid Hashmi as consul general in Melbourne, Tanveer Bhatti as consul general in the Chinese city of Chengdu, and Imtiaz Gondal as consul general in Manchester.
