London: United Kingdom (UK) has announced appointment of Jane Marriott OBE as next British High Commissioner to Pakistan. First female British High Commissioner to Pakistan Jane is due to take up her role in mid-July. Prior to this appointment, Jane Marriott was High Commissioner to Kenya from September 2019 to June 2023, press release said.

Following announcement of her appointment, Jane said, “I am incredibly excited to be appointed as next British High Commissioner to Pakistan, country I am delighted to have visited twice before. I am looking forward to getting to know this culturally rich and deeply diverse country even better.” She added, “United Kingdom’s relationship with Pakistan is rooted in shared history.

Our people-to-people ties bind our countries together in common partnership, which I will be aiming to strengthen further.”  She has previously served as Director of UK’s Joint International Counter-Terrorism Unit, Joint FCDO Director for Middle East and North Africa, Ambassador to Sana’a, Yemen (2013-15), Deputy and acting Ambassador to Tehran and as an adviser to US Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke. She has also completed two diplomatic postings to Iraq and one to Afghanistan.

Published in The Daily National Courier, June, 16 2023

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