UN Secretary General Ban-Ki Moon has appointed Akhtar as the executive secretary of UNESCAP.
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Former Governor of State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Shamshad Akhtar has been appointed as the Executive Secretary of United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP).
UN spokesperson's account tweeted that UN Secretary General Ban-Ki Moon had appointed Akhtar as the executive secretary of UNESCAP.
#UNSG appoints Shamshad Akhtar of Pakistan as Executive Secretary of @UNESCAP
— UN Spokesperson (@UN_Spokesperson) December 10, 2013
Earlier, she was appointed as Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development at DESA and took office on July 9, 2012.
Akhtar was the first female governor of the SBP. She served as the governor SBP for three years from January 2, 2006 to January 1, 2009.
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She presided over the 2008 rupee meltdown. Even then she was collecting awards from foreigners while at home the situation was going from bad to worse. I guess the foreigners only cared about her gender and not how well she did her job.
@ Munir Your hatred against PMLN does not fit here. Please hold it on for some other moment!
Great news. Good luck Madame!
Very sad - PMLN cannot do anything to fire her by saying that the appointment is illegal?