Will Pak pick a woman as new FS?

January 27, 2017 10:05

Intense jockeying for Pakistan's foreign secretarys position has begun as the time for a final decision is drawing closer and Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has initiated deliberations over prospective candidates.

The post will fall vacant after incumbent foreign secretary Aizaz Chaudhry, who has been designated as ambassador to the US, moves to Washington to take up his new assignment replacing outgoing ambassador Jalil Abbas Jilani.

Here's what the Dawn says.

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