Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir is set to become Pakistan's High Commissioner in India as part of  the biggest reshuffle of envoys approved by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani. Bashir, 59, who is due to retire next year, will replace High Commissioner Shahid Malik, whose current contract is valid till the second quarter of next year.

This is what we told you in January this year: Salman Bashir likely to be Pakistan's next envoy to India. Read