PM Shehbaz approves diplomatic reshuffle

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has approved the appointments of several ambassadors and heads of Pakistani missions in various capitals of the world on the advice of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar.

There was no official announcement but sources confirmed that Shehbaz finally gave the go-ahead to appointment of ambassadors and consul generals.

According to sources, Rahim Hayat Qureshi has been appointed as Ambassador to Brussels. He would replace Amna Baloch, who was appointed as the foreign secretary in September last year.

Other appointments include Syed Haider Shah as Pakistan's new ambassador to the Netherlands, Abdul Hameed Bhutta Ambassador to Tokyo, Najeeb Durrani as ambassador to Ghana, Zahid Hafeez Chaudhry as ambassador to Indonesia and Malik Farooq as envoy to South Africa. Similarly, Aqsa Nawaz and Tariq Karim to be Pakistan's new ambassadors in African countries.

Marghoob Saleem Butt would be posted as the ambassador to Berne, Asma Rabbani to the Phillipines, Aamir Shaukat as in Egypt, Moazzam Shah to South Korea and Adil Gillani to Morocco and Sheheryar Akbar to the Czech Republic

Zaman Mehdi was appointed as Pakistan's consul general in Chicago, Tanvir Bhatti as the Consul General in Chengdu, Wajid Hashmi as the Consul General in Melbourne and Imtiaz Gondal was posted as Pakistan's new Consul General to Manchester.