Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Monday approved a summary to elevate Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar as the country’s foreign minister, making her the first woman to hold the office. The moved comes ahead of crucial talks with India next month, an official confirmed while talking to Pakistan Today.
The source said the decision was taken following insistence by Indian authorities to appoint a federal minister for foreign affairs ahead of the India-Pakistan foreign minister-level talks due on July 26-27. The source said prior to his departure for the UK, the prime minister approved the summary in a meeting held at the PM’s House.
Hina briefed Gilani on the upcoming ASEAN Regional Forum meeting scheduled for July 22 and 23 in Bali, Indonesia. She also discussed her scheduled ministerial dialogue with India on July 27 in New Delhi. The source said the PM’s House had forwarded the summary to the Presidency and after a formal notification would be issued after an approval by the president.
The oath would be administered within a day or two, the source said. Hina, 34, is expected to take charge as soon as a notification is issued by the Presidency, the sources said. Hina’s elevation, although expected, may prove shocking for other contenders from the PPP. Those running for the coveted post included Sardar Assef Ahmed Ali, Makhdoom Shahabuddin and Aftab Shaaban Mirani.
The slot fell vacant after former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi was removed from office during the reshuffling of the federal cabinet in February. Hina, an expert on financial matters, is being dubbed as an inexperienced campaigner on India-Pakistan affairs as she has no diplomatic background. Experts have time and again criticised her elevation as the foreign minister and the elevation would surely create ripples within the ruling PPP, as Hina only joined the PPP just before general election held in February 2008.
Good to see young, beautiful and intelligent lady from our country to become a full time Foreign Minister. This promotion will build more confidence in upcoming young legislators in our country. We certainly need new approach in foreign relationships according to the latest demands in this field. Old guns can give their inputs.
Is she the only intelligent attractive young women, who manages to find a ministerial slot in every government, be it that of a military dictator, or Shaukat Aziz and now the present one lead by Asif Zardari's PPP. One thing is very clear, the lady has no political fixations, since she has been part of every govt, whatever their political ideology, as long as they can offer her a good slot.
Due to her past experience with different governments she has a plus point. Due to her this experience with different school of thoughts she has now been chosen as a full time Foreign Minister. She has confidence of all top brass. Who are we to envy her intellectualism???? We need fresh blood with forward looking approach in this fast moving world..
During my three months recent stay in my great country ,I was only saddened.My observation on my close study are.
The country,its economy,foreign affairs,law and security,common welfare, sovereignty has blown to smithereens, nut by nut, bolt by bolt, inch by inch, horrendous engineered corruption,drones,enslaving to Nato,UKIMF,UK,USA.The modus operndi has been during 46 months of PPP-Zardari,MLQ,MMA,MQM,ANP coalition of worst ever corrupt coalition mafia has been to appoint the third class,corrupt,inefficient heads of department, incompetent,immature,inexperienced ministers responsible for ruination of Railways,PIA,EOBI,NILC,PSML,PIA, OGRA,OGDCL,Petroluem industries etc.The list is endless.After Mahmood querashy,drones attacks shaming our sovereignty escalated,’ you keep on droning, we keep on putting up fake protests syndrome. and PPP- Zardari,the virtual king despite LHC verdict interfering in day to day party politics will now dictate every inch of foreign policy suiting his vested interests of trillion dollar business empire, buying of state corporation nearly made broke to favorites on peanuts. The new inexperienced FM would play the most acquiescent role to appease his bosses President and Prime minister to executing pro USA,NATO,UK,India regional agenda which ensures the perpetuation of PPP-Zardari dynastic rule and protection of billion dollar ill gotten wealth. That explains the cursed coalition of most corrupt coalition of ‘gurgge ajal,gurgge baraen’,wolves of death- the slave TV channels of MQM,PPPZ,ARY,Newsone,Express,Dunya TV,partly Geo,AAJ,Samaa,CNBC etcetc and its toxic emitting newscasters, anchors projecting the ‘munafaks,qatils,mokaprasts,the target killers of thousands,bathakhors of billions of dollars, the horrible blackmailing hundreds of UTurns by MQM,the target killings of thousands remain uninestigated, as Saints in MQM,ANP,PPPZ,MLQ. They would not demand the arrest of criminal target killers who killed nearly one hidred twenty five poor, innocent but bury it under their ‘mumafti’policy to bring peace in Karachi. Thousands have been killed by PPP-Z,MQM,ANP three party involved but no TV channel of Karachi slaves,footsoldiers of MQM dare talk on this issue or any other which does not suit MQM politics but would twenty fours hours highlight Anjum Aqeels’ case because it suits politics of PPP-Z,MQM,MLQ but would not spend one minute on hotly pursuing the recent target killings of 125,billion of rupees public property burned,MQM calling PPP-Z government implicated with USA to conspire against Pak Army, everything will ruin in Pakistan after two seats in Azad Kashmir became bone of contention ,MQM wanted the country to burn.Everything is now settled between the cursed coalition of PPP-Z,MQM,ANP,MLQ and buried under their tyrannical, merciless ‘mumafti feet’ while the most unintelligent,arrogant,ego centric ‘opposition’ remains divided amongst themselves as engineered by MQM,PPPZ,MLQ,ANP(MQM so called role of opposition is just a ‘munafakat’.to penetrate into opposition to spy and break opposition to further pieces for PPP-Z,MQMANP,MLQ-Choudries) who are hell bent to break Pakistan inch by inch to serve their sinister ,devilish personal agenda.This ‘farooun’opposion does not still protest Benzir Income Support Fund,Waseela Huk, type schemes funded by two trillion rupees of poor taxmoney which are creating and consolidating PPP-Zardari vote bank already by 20000000.The rural and urban beneficiaries think and say so that the money given to them comes from Bilawal,Bakhtawar ,Zardari and from their personal purses. These schemes must be changed in their name by eg,Quaid Azam,Pakistan,National and not by any political personlity.But stupid schemes has been launched by ML-N to only benefit few thousands graduates in ‘yellow cab’once already a most controversial schemes.
Nation should rise against cursed coalition of PPP-Z,MQM,ANP,MMA,MLQ,ego centric ‘oppositionwalas’ and MQM,neocon slave Karachi TV channels to save Pakistan and its 16.5 crore poor,safaidposhs,retired especially from private sector, already pounded to pieces by ‘no bijli,no pani,no roti,higherst ever utility tarifs,astronically rising prices,state coroporations,state institutions systematically ruined by corruption and incompetence all by design.O,Allah forgive us for choosing our enemies and save us,Amin!
So whom do you recommend after posting your lengthy "Scripture"??????
After American chamchas,now chamchis.American future regional agenda would be better executed.MR Zardari,President infact in the driving seat of every miinistry by remote control while his incompetent technicians act like ‘cleaners’ in the public buses.
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