Sherry Rehman Appointed Pakistan Ambassador To The USA!!!!

Sherry Rehman Appointed Pakistan Ambassador To The USA

 Pakistan Peoples Party [ PPP ] leader and MNA Sherry Rehman has been Appointed Pakistan Ambassador to the United States Of America.The appointment comes after Husain Haqqani was asked to resign by Prime Minister (Yousaf Raza Gilani) in the wake of the Memogate scandal.Gilani has approved the appointment.“The prime minister is pleased to appoint Sherry Rehman as the new ambassador to the United States,” said spokesman for the Prime Minister’s office, Akram Shaheedi, Reuters reported.

Sherry Rehman Appointed Pakistan Ambassador To The USA

Media reports circulating late Tuesday night had suggested that Iffat Imran Gardezi would be the temporary replacement for Haqqani. Gardezi is the Deputy Chief of Mission at the Pakistan Embassy in Washington and assists the ambassador in the overall functioning of the Embassy.Rehman, a former journalist, was information minister for Zardari after the restoration of civilian rule following a 2008 election.

Sherry Rehman Appointed Pakistan Ambassador To The USA

But she resigned in March 2009 over a crisis in which the government was refusing to reinstate judges sacked under the military regime of President Pervez Musharraf.Her appointment was a surprise, with many analysts and media pundits expecting someone seen as closer to the military.Rehman has been a strong advocate of women’s and minority rights and faced death threats for her calls to reform the country’s harsh blasphemy laws.

But she is also the author, through her role as president of the Jinnah Institute, of a report on Pakistan’s foreign policy goals in Afghanistan, staking out views widely seen in Pakistan as dovetailing with those of the powerful military establishment.Rehman had recently assumed the charge of Chairperson Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS), for a period of three years. She was appointed by Asif Ali Zardari, who is also the society’s president.