ISLAMABAD – Pakistan has reportedly nominated former Azad Jammu and Kashmir president Sardar Masood Khan as the new ambassador to the United States.
Khan, who is also a career diplomat, would replace incumbent Pakistani envoy Asad Majeed Khan if his name is approved by the government for the post, reports said.
He has already served as the Pakistani ambassador to the US. Masood Khan joined the Foreign Service of Pakistan in 1980 and went on to serve in various diplomatic positions. From August 2003 to March 2005, he served as the Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Pakistan’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations and International Organisations in Geneva, Switzerland, from 2005 to 2008, Pakistan’s Ambassador to China between September 2008 and September 2012 and as Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, New York, between October 11, 2012 and February 7, 2015.
He also served as the Director General of Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad between February 2015 and August 4, 2016.
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