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Friday, November 01, 2013
UK names new envoy to PakistanStaff Report
ISLAMABAD: Philip Barton has been appointed new British High Commissioner to Pakistan and will be assuming the office in January 2014. He will succeed Adam Thomson, who will be going to another diplomatic Service appointment, said a press released issued by the British High Commission on Thursday. Barton joined the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1986. His last posting was as deputy head of mission in Washington. He has held a number of positions dealing with South Asian issues, including director of Foreign Policy and Afghanistan and Pakistan; coordinator in the Cabinet Office as part of the secretariat supporting the National Security Council; additional director for South Asia in the FCO and a posting in New Delhi. He has served as private secretary to Prime Ministers John Major and Tony Blair. He has also been posted to Gibraltar as deputy governor, Nicosia as deputy high commissioner and Caracas. On his appointment as the British High Commissioner to Pakistan, Barton said, “It is an honour and a privilege for me to be appointed to represent the United Kingdom in Pakistan. As Prime Minister David Cameron said when he visited Islamabad in June, we in the UK care deeply about Pakistan, its people and its future.”
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk