Tehmina Janjua, currently serving as Pakistan’s permanent representative to the United Nations (UN) in Geneva, was appointed as the new foreign secretary by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday, said a statement from the Foreign Office.
Janjua will resume her new duties from the first week of March 2017.
A seasoned diplomat, Janjua’s career has spanned 32 years. She has also served as the spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry in 2011.
Janjua served as the ambassador to Italy from December 2011 to October 2015, after which she took over the post of Pakistan’s ambassador to the UN in Geneva.
