Cyrus is being replaced by Amna Baloch, who was serving as Pakistan’s Ambassador to Brussels and the European Union. She is only the second female foreign secretary as Tehmina Janjua had served in the top position at the Foreign Service.
“Today we bid farewell to Ambassador Cyrus Sajjad Qazi as the 32nd foreign secretary of Pakistan. He leaves government service upon attaining superannuation,” read a statement issued by the foreign office on Tuesday.
Cyrus served as foreign secretary of Pakistan for 13 months. Before her appointment, Amna Baloch was the frontrunner for the top job. Baloch is a career diplomat and has vast experience in serving in different capitals.
It was an incredible weekend in Pakistani politics only to end on an anticlimactic note.…
We have apparently a democracy in the country with elected institutions that include the executive,…
‘For the powerful, crimes are those that others commit,’ Noam Chomsky once remarked, highlighting a…
Just like men, some countries are more equal than others. Were it not so, the…
Pakistan, similar to other Asian countries, is facing significant climate changes. Summers are becoming more…
Leave a Comment