Abdul Basit Appointed As Pakistan's New High Commissioner to India Thursday Dec 19,2013

Pakistan on Thursday Dec 19,2013 appointed career diplomat Abdul Basit(55) as its new High Commissioner to India

Abdul Basit will take over in New Delhi from former Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir at a time when Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is pushing for better ties with India

Abdul Basit earlier served as a Director General during 2008-09 and as Additional Secretary (Europe) during 2009-12. His last posting was as the envoy to Germany