ISLAMABAD – The federal government has appointed investment banking expertand special assistant to the prime minister Ali Jahangir Siddiqui asPakistan’s ambassador to the US.
In August last year, Siddiqui was appointed as a special assistant to theprime minister with the status of a minister of state.
He is the son of renowned businessman and banker Jahangir Siddiqui.
Prior to his appointment in the prime minister’s cabinet, he was serving aschairman of JS Bank and JS Private Equity.
In 2014, he was honoured by the World Economic Forum as a Young GlobalLeader.
Siddiqui holds a BA in Economics from Cornell University, US.
Former foreign secretary Ambassador Aizaz Chaudhry was serving asPakistan’s envoy to the US earlier before his retirement last month.