Pakistan special representative for Afghanistan Mohammad Sadiq resigns

Pakistan special representative for Afghanistan Mohammad Sadiq resigns

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s Special Representative for Afghanistan MohammadSadiq on Wednesday announced resignation from the post due to his personalengagements.

Sadiq, who served as the special representative close to three years, madethe announcement on Twitter, stating: “I have requested the Government thatthe time had come for me to move on & focus on my personal pursuits -family, books and agriculture/environment”.

He thanked Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and stakeholders for theirwholehearted support to him as special representative for Afghanistan.

“I deeply appreciate the hardwork of many of my colleagues who spent longhours to make Pakistan-Afghanistan relationship work,” Sadiq said.

During his career, Sadiq witnessed a major events including withdrawal ofUS forces after around two decades and return of Afghan Taliban to powerafter removal of former president Ashraf Ghani’s government.