{"id":48127,"date":"2024-09-11T12:04:29","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T07:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=48127"},"modified":"2024-09-11T15:55:29","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T10:55:29","slug":"amna-baloch-takes-charge-as-pakistans-33rd-foreign-secretary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/amna-baloch-takes-charge-as-pakistans-33rd-foreign-secretary\/","title":{"rendered":"Amna Baloch takes charge as Pakistan&#8217;s 33rd foreign secretary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"css-175oi2r\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-1s2bzr4\">\n<p id=\"id__p9wrbogqu8k\" class=\"css-146c3p1 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-37j5jr r-1inkyih r-16dba41 r-bnwqim r-135wba7\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\" data-testid=\"tweetText\">ISLAMABAD (Rizwan Abbasi): <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/amna-baloch-posted-as-pakistans-foreign-secretary\/\">Amna Baloch<\/a>, a veteran diplomat, has taken charge as the<span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"> 33rd Foreign Secretary of Pakistan replacing Syrus Sajjad Qazi, the Foreign Office said on Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Amna Baloch, a Grade-22 officer of the Foreign Service of Pakistan was appointed last week becoming the\u00a0second female Foreign Secretary after Tehmina Janjua.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ambassador Amna Baloch <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amnabaloch4?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@amnabaloch4<\/a> becomes the 33rd Foreign Secretary of Pakistan. A veteran diplomat, Ambassador Baloch has held several important assignments both in Islamabad and in Pakistan\u2019s Mission\u2019s abroad. She served as Pakistan&#8217;s Consul General to Chengdu, China\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GJ9EnIj0D9\">pic.twitter.com\/GJ9EnIj0D9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ministry of Foreign Affairs &#8211; Pakistan (@ForeignOfficePk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ForeignOfficePk\/status\/1833740033607475621?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the farewell reception of Ambassador Syrus Sajjad Qazi, \u2014\u00a0who stepped down as the <span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">Foreign Secretary of Pakistan on Tuesday upon attaining superannuation \u2014<\/span> Amna Baloch thanked Syrus for his leadership and contributions over a 34-year diplomatic career while praising his professionalism, acumen, and warm demeanor.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r\">\n<p class=\"css-175oi2r r-1s2bzr4\">During her diplomatic career, Ambassador Baloch, a mother of two,<span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"> has held several important assignments in Islamabad and Pakistan\u2019s Mission abroad including the <\/span><\/span>additional secretary in the foreign minister&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n<div>The newly appointed foreign secretary served as Pakistan&#8217;s Consul General to Chengdu, China from 2014 to 2017. He later continued his position as the High Commissioner to Malaysia from 2019 to 2023 and Ambassador to the European Union, Belgium, and Luxembourg from 2023 to 2024.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>She holds a master\u2019s degree in history and joined the Pakistan Foreign Service in 1991. She also served as a joint secretary at the Prime Minister&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD (Rizwan Abbasi): Amna Baloch, a veteran diplomat, has taken charge as the 33rd Foreign Secretary of Pakistan replacing Syrus Sajjad Qazi, the Foreign Office said on Wednesday. Amna Baloch, a Grade-22 officer of the Foreign Service of Pakistan was appointed last week becoming the\u00a0second female Foreign Secretary after Tehmina Janjua. Ambassador Amna Baloch @amnabaloch4 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":48133,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[20224,21431],"class_list":["post-48127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-amna-baloch","tag-foreign-secretary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48127"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48180,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48127\/revisions\/48180"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}