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  Abdul Basit to be new Pakistani envoy to India

  World | December 19, 2013 18:10 IST

  Islamabad: Pakistan on Thursday appointed career diplomat Abdul Basit as its new high commissioner to India. Basit, 55, was earlier tipped to take over as foreign secretary but the government recently made several changes in

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  Pak drops plan to send Ibne Abbas as its envoy to India

  World | December 09, 2013 13:17 IST

  Islamabad: Pakistan has dropped plans to send Syed Ibne Abbas as the new High Commissioner to India and instead replaced him with career diplomat Abdul Basit, a top Pakistani official said today.55-year-old Basit was earlier

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  Nepal Names Controversial Maoist Leader As Envoy To India

  World | November 08, 2011 19:56 IST

  Kathmandu, Nov 8: A senior Maoist leader, whom India once suspected to have links with underground organisations in north-eastern India, has been named as Nepal's new ambassador to India, months after the post lay vacant