Pakistan’s Particular Consultant for Afghanistan Mohammad Sadiq resigned as Particular Consultant for Afghanistan.
Islamabad,UPDATED: Mar 2, 2023 00:09 IST
Pakistan’s Particular Consultant for Afghanistan Mohammad Sadiq resigned. (Symbol:Twitter/@AmbassadorSadiq)
Via Press Agree with of India: Pakistan’s Particular Consultant for Afghanistan Mohammad Sadiq on Wednesday resigned from his publish, bringing up non-public causes.
“After serving with reference to 3 years as Pakistan’s Particular Consultant for Afghanistan, I’ve asked the federal government that the time has come for me to transport on and concentrate on my non-public interests – circle of relatives, books, and agriculture/atmosphere,” he tweeted.
His resignation comes every week after he travelled to Kabul as a part of a high-level delegation led by means of Defence Minister Khawaja Asif and comprising ISI leader Lt Gen Nadeem Anjum, Overseas Secretary Asad Majid and Pakistan’s chargé d’affaires in Afghanistan Obaid Nizamani.
Sadiq expressed his gratitude to High Minister Shehbaz Sharif and different stakeholders for his or her unwavering improve throughout his tenure because the particular consultant.
He additionally stated the efforts of his colleagues, who labored tirelessly to enhance the connection between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
“I deeply admire the onerous paintings of a lot of my colleagues who spent lengthy hours to make the Pakistan-Afghanistan dating paintings,” he additional stated.
Sadiq used to be a occupation diplomat who served as Pakistan’s ambassador to Kabul from 2008 to 2014, throughout which he performed a pivotal function in getting rid of distrust between non-Pashtun events in Afghanistan.
Being a Pashtun from the Swabi house of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Sadiq is thought to be instrumental in Pakistan’s efforts to convey the Taliban to the negotiating desk in 2018, following a request from former US President Donald Trump.
His resignation comes when members of the family between the Afghan Taliban’s period in-between govt and Pakistan are within the doldrums because of the lukewarm reaction by means of the previous to lend a hand Islamabad take on the danger posed by means of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militant workforce.
Pakistan has witnessed a surge in violence since peace talks between the TTP and the federal government started to falter ultimate yr. The TTP officially ended the ceasefire on November 28 and because then 58 assaults had been claimed by means of the crowd wherein 170 folks died
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