Ms. Aisha Farooqui posted as new FO Spokesperson

Dunya News

Farooqui will replace the incumbent Foreign Office Spokesperson Dr Mohammad Faisal.

ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday announced the appointment of Director General Ms. Aisha Farooqui as the new Spokesperson of Foreign Office.

According to a notification dated December 17, 2019 and issued here on Thursday, Ms. Aisha Farooqui, Director General, has been transferred and posted as Director General/Spokesperson of the Foreign Office with immediate effect and until further orders.

She will replace the incumbent Foreign Office Spokesperson Dr Mohammad Faisal, who has now been nominated as Pakistan’s Ambassador to Germany.

Aisha Farooqui as a diplomat has a diverse career profile spanning more than two decades. She has served abroad in Pakistan’s Missions in France, Egypt, the United Kingdom, Turkey and the United States, as well as at the Foreign Ministry in Islamabad.

Another officer Sajjad Ahmed Seehar, Director General, on return from NMC (National Management Course) has also been transferred and posted as Member Directing Staff, National Defence University, added the notification.