Senior diplomat Asim Iftikhar Ahmad has been appointed as new spokesperson of the Foreign Office.

Asim Iftikhar Ahmad has replaced Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri, who will assume the responsibilities of Pakistan's High Commissioner to Australia. 

A career diplomat, Asim Iftikhar Ahmad recently was serving as ambassador to Thailand and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.

Having joined Foreign Service of Pakistan in 1993, Asim has held various positions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in Pakistan missions abroad, and at international organizations including UN, OIC, the Human Rights Council and others.