Moin-ul-Haq appointed Pakistan’s new High Commissioner to India

SRINAGAR: Career diplomat Moin-ul-Haq has been appointed as Pakistan’s new High Commissioner to India to start a new process of engagement with the country where a new government will be formed soon, amid strained relations between the two.

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday approved appointments of over two dozen ambassadors in various countries, including India, China and Japan.

Haq, in his mid-fifties is the current ambassador to France. He has previously served as chief of protocol at the Foreign Office. He joined Foreign Service of Pakistan in 1987 and was posted in countries like Turkey, Canada and Sri Lanka.