Salman Bashir is new Pakistan envoy to India

February 15, 2012 17:07

The Pakistan government has named ambassador to the EU, Belgium and Luxembourg Jalil Abbas Jilani as the country's next foreign secretary ending the guessing game about who would lead the Foreign Service.

Jilani, 57, will replace Salman Bashir, who retires on March 3 and has been posted as high commissioner to India.

He has long been tipped as the next foreign secretary, but government's silence over its choice led to speculations about Bashir's successor.

Incidentally, Jilani is cousin of PM Gilani, long tipped to be foreign secretary. He was expelled from India in 2003 for funding Kashmiri leaders.

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