ISLAMABAD – The federal government on Friday decided to appoint senior diplomat Rizwan Saeed as Pakistan’s new ambassador to Washington.
The Foreign Office confirmed the development in the weekly briefing.
Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch announced appointment of Asim Iftikhar as Pakistan’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
Asim Iftikhar, who previously served as the ambassador to France, would take on his new role at an appropriate time.
The spokesperson said that these appointments are part of routine diplomatic reshuffles and had been under consideration for several weeks.
