ISLAMABAD – The government has decided to appoint Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir as high commissioner to India while Pakistani Ambassador in Germany Shahid Kamal would be appointed as foreign secretary. Online sources said Kamal had served as ambassador in Sweden, Finland, Estonia and Rialto, adding that it had been decided that Administration Additional Secretary Ishtiaq Hussain Andrabi would be appointed as ambassador to Saudi Arabia. He will replace Umar Khan Ali Sherzai whose tenure has ended in Saudi Arabia. Additional Foreign Secretary Muhammad Aslam would be appointed ambassador to Algeria, Amjad Majeed Abbasi to Damascus, Tehmina Janjua to Switzerland and Sarfaraz Khanzada would be appointed ambassador to Qatar. Pakistani Ambassador in Paris Shafqat Saeed’s service tenure has been extended for one year.
