World’s longest-serving Pakistani ambassador Jamsheed Marker passes away

Pakistani veteran diplomat Jamsheed Marker passed away on Thursday in the metropolitan.

Apart from serving as an ambassador to the United States, the 95-year-old Marker also served as an ambassador to other countries over the period of three decades. His name is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for serving as an ambassador to more than a dozen countries. He also got the recognition in the books for being world’s longest-serving ambassador.

Sad news - Ambassador Jamshed Marker passed away today. A great man and a great Pakistani - remembering the famous cricket commentaries with Omar Qureshi and his superb role as our Envoy. All from a bygone era.

— Shireen Mazari (@ShireenMazari1) June 21, 2018

The veteran ambassador was fluent in English, Urdu, Gujarati, French, German and Russian. Markar used to be a radio cricket match commentator.