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Asian Tribune is published by World Institute For Asian Studies|Powered by WIAS Vol. 12 No. 422

Salman Bashir named new Pakistan envoy to India

Sun, 2012-04-15 02:52 — editor

From R. Vasudevan—Reporting from New Delhi
New Delhi, 15 April (Asiantribune.com) :

Salman_Bashir.jpgPakistan's former Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir, who has been part of the post-26/11 Indo-Pak dialogue process, is the country's new High Commissioner to India.

Bashir, 60, has been appointed as the new envoy to India in place of Shahid Malik, foreign office spokesman Moazzam Ahmed Khan announced on Saurday in Islamabad. Bashir had served as Foreign Secretary from 2008 to March this year, when Jalil Abbas Jillani took over from him. The former Pakistan Foreign Secretary has been part of the Indo-Pak dialogue process following the 26/11 Mumbai attacks.

He also served as the ambassador to Denmark, Lithuania, China and Mongolia, and did a stint at Pakistan's mission to the United Nations in Geneva.. Bashir had travelled to New Delhi when president Asif Ali Zardari made a day-long private visit to India on April 8.

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