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Prime Minister Abbasi nominates a young corporate figure Ali Jahangir Siddiqui as envoy to the US

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Ali Jehangir Siddiqui - Using his prerogative, Prime Minister of Pakistan Shahid Khaqan Abbasi nominated Ali Jahangir Siddiqui as Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States of America. Ali Jahangir Siddiqui, who is the son of renowned businessman and owner of JS Bank Jahangir Siddiqui, is currently serving as a special advisor to PM on the affairs of finance and economy.


He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from a prestigious Ivy League institute Cornell University and was honored by World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader in 2014. Upon his formal approval by the United States, which is a diplomatic norm, Siddiqui will be replacing Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry, a career diplomat who is about to retire in coming weeks.


Aizaz Chaudhry has served for a long span of 36 years in Foreign Service of Pakistan, holding key positions such as Pakistan Ambassador to Netherland and foreign secretary from December 2013 to March 2017.


The decision of a new appointment rather giving an extension to the incumbent Chaudhary was a surprising development as the current government has just a couple of months at its disposal before it is dissolved. But government sources say that after the lobbying effort by US to put Pakistan in Financial Action Task Force (FATF) black list failed, a fresh approach was desperately needed to counter the western narrative.


The earlier evasion at FATF is regarded as a result of successful stratagem by Prime Minister’s special advisors Miftah Ismail and Ali Jahangir Siddiqui, which paved way for latter’s selection for this key position. 


Same reason was reiterated by Prime Minister Abbasi himself who, in his recent interview, also discarded the reports that the appointment is a clear conflict of interest as Mr. Siddiqui is a partner in Airblue limited, a low-cost airline owned by PM himself. He stated that all the decision and appointments he had made so far during the short run of his premiership are purely based on merit with not a slightest hint of nepotism.


Reference:

https://www.globalvillagespace.com/prime-minister-abbasi-nominates-a-young-corporate-figure-ali-jahangir-siddiqui-as-envoy-to-the-us/

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