ISLAMABAD: Mumtaz Zahra Baloch has been appointed as spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said a press release issued here on Friday. The senior diplomat replaced Asim Iftikhar Ahmad and was currently serving as Additional Secretary of Asia & Pacific in the Foreign Office.
She has previously represented the country in the Republic of Korea (2020-2021), Minister/Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of Pakistan in Beijing (2015-2020), and Counselor for Political Affairs at the Embassy of Pakistan, Washington DC (2006-2011) and as Second Secretary at the Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the United Nations, Geneva (1999- 2002).
Earlier at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, she served as Director (America), Director (Security Council and Human Rights), and Director (Strategic Planning) in the Office of the Foreign Secretary.
Baloch holds a Master’s degree in Physics from the Punjab University, Lahore, a Master’s in International Relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, USA, and a degree from the prestigious Ecole Nationale d’ Administration, France.
