The newly appointed Foreign Secretary, Tehmina Janjua will assume the charge of her office today (Monday) at the Foreign Office, it was learnt. Foreign Office sources said that Junjua has arrived from Geneva on Sunday and she will assume the charge of her office on Monday. She was Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations office in Geneva and has been replaced with Farrukh Amil upon completion of his term as Pakistan's Ambassador to Japan.
On February 13, 2017, the government appointed Tehmina Janjua as the country's first ever female foreign secretary after her predecessor Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry was given the new diplomatic assignment as ambassador to Untied States. Janjua is a seasoned diplomat with a career spanning over 32 years. She has rich experience of working in bilateral and multilateral domains both at headquarters and missions abroad. She has also served as spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs during 2011. Janjua served as Ambassador of Pakistan to Italy from December 2011 to October 2015.
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