World News | Pakistan Appoints Senior Diplomat Shafqat Ali Khan as Foreign Ministry Spokesperson

Islamabad, Jan 1 (PTI) Pakistan has appointed senior diplomat Shafqat Ali Khan as the new spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a media report said Wednesday.

Shafqat, currently serving as Additional Foreign Secretary for Europe, previously represented Pakistan as an ambassador to Russia and Poland, The Express Tribune newspaper reported.

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He has extensive experience in diplomatic affairs.

He replaces Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, who has been serving as the Foreign Office spokesperson since Nov 2022.

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According to media reports, Baloch is likely to be appointed as ambassador to France.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)