Aisha Farooqui named FO spokesperson

The government has appointed Aisha Farooqui as new spokesperson for the Foreign Office, as her predecessor Dr Mohammad Faisal will be the new ambassador to Germany. According to a notification dated December 17, 2019 issued, here on Thursday, Aisha Farooqui, Director General, has been transferred and posted as Director General/Spokesperson for the Foreign Office with immediate effect and until further orders.

She was serving as consul general in Houston and will replace the incumbent spokesperson Dr Mohammad Faisal, who has been posted as Pakistan's Ambassador to Germany.

Aisha Farooqui is a member of the Pakistan Foreign Service since 1994. She has served in several important capitals abroad in her long and diverse diplomatic career spanning more than two decades. She has also contributed towards policymaking at important political desks in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Islamabad.

Farooqui's other professional experience included Consul General of Pakistan, Houston, the USA, September 2016 - August 2019 Minister/Deputy Head of Mission, Pakistan Embassy, Ankara, Turkey, August 2013 - June 2016 Director Americas, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamabad, January - July 2013 Director India, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamabad, July 2010 - December 2012 Counsellor, Pakistan High Commission, London, the United Kingdom, November 2006 - June 2010 First Secretary, Pakistan Embassy, Cairo, Egypt, August 2004 - October 2006 Deputy Director, United Nations Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamabad, January 2003 - July 2004 Second Secretary/Alternate Permanent Delegate of Pakistan to UNESCO, Paris, France, September 1999 - October 2002 Desk Officer, Western European Countries, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamabad, February 1998- July 1999 Desk Officer, International Organizations and the Commonwealth, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamabad, February 1996- June 1997

She did Masters in International Relations from Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad and obtained Bachelor of Arts from Karachi University, diploma in French Language, Culture and Civilization, Alliance Francaise, Paris, France. She is also author of "Musings of a Nomad: Essays on Life and Living".