Islamabad: Sohail Mahmood, one of the senior most officers of the Pakistan Foreign Service, will be the country's new High Commissioner to India, diplomatic sources here said on Monday.
Mahmood, 55, currently Pakistan's ambassador in Turkey, was granted a visa by India on Friday, the sources said.
He may take up his new assignment either at the end of this month or early next month, they said.
Mahmood is a career diplomat, who joined the Foreign Service of Pakistan in 1985. His first posting abroad was in Pakistan Embassy in Ankara where he served from 1991-1994. He is one of the senior most officers of the Pakistan Foreign Service, who knows Turkish. He has wide experience in the diplomatic service having served in various Pakistan missions abroad including Washington, New York, Ankara.
Mahmood served as the Ambassador of Pakistan to Thailand from 2009-2013. He holds masters degrees in History and International Relations.
Basit had earlier threatened to resign after he was overlooked and his junior Tehmina Janjua was appointed as Foreign Secretary but the situation has cooled down.
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