Pakistan appoints Mueenul Haq as new High Commissioner to India

Current Affairs

Pakistan on Monday appointed career diplomat Mueenul Haq as the High Commissioner to India.
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday approved appointments of over two dozen ambassadors in various countries including India, China and Japan.

Haq, the current ambassador to France, has previously served as chief of protocol at the Foreign Office.

The post of High Commissioner to India fell vacant after Sohail Mehmood was appointed Pakistan's new foreign secretary.

The decision came after a detailed meeting with Prime Minister Khan, who formally approved the new appointments, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said in a video message.
Qureshi said, "New Delhi, India, is very importantAfter consultation I have decided to appoint Mueenul Haq, the current ambassador in France, who will be sent to (New) Delhi, and I hope that he (Haq) will deliver."

Qureshi said that Indian elections were coming to end and it was possible that after the elections a new process of engagement could start.

He expressed hope that Haq would perform his new job with best of his abilities.

 Since assuming the office in August last year, Prime Minister Khan repeatedly reached out to India for the resumption of peace talks on all outstanding issues. But India has made it clear to Pakistan that terrorism and dialogue will not go hand-in-hand.Confirming the major appointments, the foreign minister said Naghmana Hashmi, career diplomat, is being sent to China, which is "very important" country for Pakistan.