Ambassador Naghmana A. Hashmi Leaves for Pakistan from Beijing

July 12,2020

Pakistan’s Ambassador to China H.E. Naghmana A. Hashmi left for Pakistan on 12 July 2020 from Tianjin Binhai International Airport. She served as Pakistan’s Ambassador to China for one year. During her stay in China, she proactively promoted and further strengthened deep-rooted friendship with China, cemented economic and trade ties and took concrete steps to promote cultural and people to people exchanges. She personally supervised the measures to protect the lives of Pakistani nationals stranded in Wuhan and other parts of China during COVID-19 pandemic.

She is a distinguished diplomat of Pakistan who has served as Pakistan’s Ambassador to the European Union, Belgium, Luxemburg and Ireland before arriving in China for her ambassadorial assignment. She had earlier served in Beijing from 2003-07 as Deputy Head of Mission. During her successful 38-years career, she has also served in Denmark, France and Indonesia.

In Ministry of Foreign Affairs, she served in various capacities in the departments of Human Resource and Career Planning, United Nations, Policy Planning and Public Diplomacy and the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC).

Ambassador Naghmana A. Hashmi is retiring on 19 July 2020.