Foreign Ministry grilled over Ali Jehangir Siddiqui appointment
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*LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) has given a last chance to the foreign ministry of Pakistan to submit its response on appointing Ali Jahangir Siddiqui as the Pakistani envoy to the United States. *
The LHC was hearing the case against the appointment of Ali Jahangir as the ambassador to the US and took the female protocol officer of foreign ministry to task for not complying with court’s order of submitting a rejoinder on Ali’s hiring from the ministry.
The high court warned if response is not submitted by the next hearing of the case then foreign secretary will be summoned to appear before the court.
The petition filed in the court argued that Ali Jahangir’s academic qualification is merely Bachelors and the fact that he does not have any prior experience in diplomacy, may turn out to be a disaster for the bilateral ties between the US and Pakistan.
