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Career diplomat Moin-ul-Haq has been appointed as Pakistan’s new High Commissioner to India to start a fresh process of engagement with the country where a new government will be formed soon, amid strained relations between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.
Prime Minister Imran Khan has approved appointments of over two dozen ambassadors in various countries, including India, China and Japan. Haq, in his mid-fifties, is the current ambassador to France. He has previously served as chief of protocol at the Foreign Office. He joined the Foreign Service of Pakistan in 1987 and was posted in countries like Turkey, Canada and Sri Lanka.
The post of High Commissioner to India fell vacant after Sohail Mehmood was appointed Pakistan’s new Foreign Secretary in April.
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said, “New Delhi is very important… After consultation, I have decided to appoint Moin-ul-Haq, the current ambassador in France, who will be sent to Delhi, and I hope that he (Haq) will deliver.” Qureshi said that Indian elections were coming to an end and it was possible that after the elections a new process of engagement could start.
