The US Senate on Saturday confirmed Richard Olson to be the new ambassador to Pakistan. The appointment of Olson, a 30-year veteran of the State Department who was envoy to the United Arab Emirates between
2008 and 2011, will aim to turn a page
in diplomatic relations with Islamabad. The outgoing American ambassador to Pakistan, Cameron Munter, resigned in May after a turbulent tenure in which a covert US forces raid killed Osama bin Laden near a major military academy, humiliating the country’s powerful army.
