Syed Haider Ali Shah to take UN New York post Oct 31

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has approved Syed Haider Ali Shah, now ambassador in The Hague, as Permanent Representative in New York from 31 October.

PM Shehbaz Sharif has approved Syed Haider Ali Shah as Pakistan's next Permanent Representative to the UN in New York.

He is due to take up the post on 31 October and is currently ambassador to the Netherlands in The Hague.

The move follows Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad's elevation to Foreign Secretary in Islamabad.

Shah previously handled UN and OIC work at the Foreign Ministry and earlier served at Pakistan's UN mission from 2002 to 2006.

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