Pakistan appoints diplomat Rizwan Saeed Sheikh as new US ambassador

Pakistan appoints diplomat Rizwan Saeed Sheikh as new US ambassador

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Fri, 2024-06-28 16:40

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has decided to appoint Rizwan Saeed Sheikh, who is currently serving as the additional foreign secretary of the Middle East and Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC), as the country’s new ambassador to the United States, the foreign office said in a statement on Friday.

Sheikh’s appointment to the post takes place at a time when relations between Islamabad and Washington remain strained after the US House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted for a resolution demanding a probe into Pakistan’s national election held earlier this year. 

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