The government has decided to appoint Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry as Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States of America (USA).
According to Foreign Office, he will join his new assignment in Washington next month.
He is a career Foreign Service Officer with over 36 years of bilateral and multilateral experience in the field of diplomacy.
In the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chaudhry has served as additional foreign secretary of UN and disarmament affairs, and as director general of relations with South Asian countries.
Chaudhry’s other overseas assignments include Pakistan’s deputy permanent representative to the UN in New York and has also previously served as ambassador to the Netherlands.
Earlier this week, Tehmina Janjua was appointed Chaudhry’s successor by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
Janjua, the first woman appointed to the Foreign Office’s top post, was long considered a favourite for the position.
