Jehangir Karamat, Pakistan's ambassador to the United States, is being replaced by retired general of the Pakistan Army Mahmood Durrani. The formal announcement from the Foreign Office is expected to be made when the agreement — the request to the host government to accept the nominated person as ambassador and plenipotentiary — which has already been sent to the US government is approved and received back in Islamabad.
It is not clear why Ambassador Karamat, who took up his post on a two-year contract, which is normal, around a year and a half ago is returning home. Maj Gen Durrani, an armoured corps officer like Gen Karamat, was Gen Zia-ul-Haq's military secretary for several years. He will become the third armoured corps officer to serve as Pakistan's ambassador to Washington. |