ISLAMABAD – Dr Asad Majeed Khan, presently posted as Pakistan’s Ambassadorto Belgium, the European Union and Luxembourg, has been appointed as thenew Foreign Secretary.
The Establishment Division issued a notification in this regard on Friday.
Taking to Twitter, the foreign office confirmed the development. It wrote,“Dr Asad Majeed Khan, presently posted as Pakistan’s Ambassador to Belgium,the European Union and Luxembourg has been appointed as the new ForeignSecretary.”
Earlier, the authority had summoned Dr Asad Majeed from Brussels and hereached Islamabad on Wednesday in anticipation of being nominated the newforeign secretary.
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