Salman Bashir ( ur, سلمان بشیر ) (born 4 March 1952) is a Pakistani

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who served as the

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and as the High Commissioner of Pakistan to India."Salman Bashir new foreign secretary"
The News International (newspaper), Published 26 April 2008, Retrieved 29 September 2019

Early life

Salman Bashir did his master's degree in History and

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degree before joining the

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in February 1976. He belongs to the Third Common Training Program, and he won overall first position in his batch, but preferred to join Foreign Service of Pakistan instead of

Pakistan Administrative Service The Pakistan Administrative Service, or PAS ( ur, ) (previously known as the District Management Group or DMG before 1 June 2012) is an elite cadre of the Civil Services of Pakistan. The Pakistan Administrative Service over the years has emerg ...

(PAS) or Police service.

Career

Salman Bashir served in the

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as a section officer (1976–1980), Director (1985–1987), Director General (1995–1999) and Additional Foreign Secretary (2003–2005). His foreign diplomatic assignments included: Pakistan Mission to the

United Nations Office at Geneva The United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG, french: Office des Nations Unies à Genève) in Geneva, Switzerland, is one of the four major offices of the United Nations where numerous different UN agencies have a joint presence. The main UNO ...

(1980–1984),

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Secretariat, Jeddah (1988–1995), Ambassador of Pakistan to

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and Lithuania (July 1999 to February 2003). Salman Bashir was the

Pakistani Ambassador to China The Pakistani ambassador in Beijing is the official representative of the government in Islamabad to the Government of the People's Republic of China. List of representatives ', The diplomatic service of the People's Republic of China as of ...

and

Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It covers an area of , with a population of just 3.3 millio ...

from 2005 to 2008. He then replaced

Riaz Mohammad Khan Riaz Mohammad Khan holds a master's degree in mathematics and a B.A. (honors) from Punjab University, Lahore. Prior to joining Pakistan's Foreign Service in 1969, Khan taught quantum physics from 1965 to 1969 as assistant professor in the Mathem ...

as the Foreign Secretary from 3 May 2008 to 3 March 2012.Warm send-off for Salman Bashir
The News International (newspaper), Published 3 March 2012, Retrieved 29 September 2019 Salman Bashir also served as High Commissioner of Pakistan to India from 2012 to 2014.

Personal life

Salman Bashir is married with two sons and a daughter. His brother, Admiral

Noman Bashir Noman Bashir (Urdu: نعمان بشير) was a Pakistan Navy admiral who served as the 18th Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) from 7 October 2008 until retiring on 7 October 2011. His appointment as Chief of Naval Staff was approved by President As ...

, is the former Chief of Naval Staff of the

Pakistan Navy ur, ہمارے لیے اللّٰہ کافی ہے اور وہ بہترین کارساز ہے۔ English: Allah is Sufficient for us - and what an excellent (reliable) Trustee (of affairs) is He!(''Qur'an, 3:173'') , type ...

.Noman Bashir new Naval Chief
The Nation (newspaper), Published 6 October 2008, Retrieved 29 September 2019

References

External links

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