WASHINGTON, June 6: Pakistan’s new Ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani presented his credentials to President George W. Bush on Friday at the White House.

Mr Haqqani is Pakistan’s 20th ambassador to Washington since 1947.

The first, M.A.H. Ispahani, was his wife’s grandfather, who bought and donated the ambassador’s official residence to Pakistan.

Prior to his appointment, Mr Haqqani was national security adviser to Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani. He also was a political adviser to three former prime ministers, Nawaz Sharif, Benazir Bhutto and Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi. From 1992 to 1993, he was Pakistan’s Ambassador to Sri Lanka.

Opinion

Editorial

Punishing evaders
02 May, 2024

Punishing evaders

THE FBR’s decision to block mobile phone connections of more than half a million individuals who did not file...
Engaging Riyadh
Updated 02 May, 2024

Engaging Riyadh

It must be stressed that to pull in maximum foreign investment, a climate of domestic political stability is crucial.
Freedom to question
02 May, 2024

Freedom to question

WITH frequently suspended freedoms, increasing violence and few to speak out for the oppressed, it is unlikely that...
Wheat protests
Updated 01 May, 2024

Wheat protests

The government should withdraw from the wheat trade gradually, replacing the existing market support mechanism with an effective new one over the next several years.
Polio drive
01 May, 2024

Polio drive

THE year’s fourth polio drive has kicked off across Pakistan, with the aim to immunise more than 24m children ...
Workers’ struggle
Updated 01 May, 2024

Workers’ struggle

Yet the struggle to secure a living wage — and decent working conditions — for the toiling masses must continue.