Sherry Rehman: Pakistan new envoy to USA in FP Top 100 Global Thinkers

[ FP Magazine ] and [ The Express Tribune ]

Sherry Rehman, who was appointed Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States (US) after the Memogate scandal, makes it to the FP Top 100 Global Thinkers for championing the cause of amending the country’s Blasphemy Laws. The only other Pakistani to be included in the list is Pervez Hoodbhoy, Nuclear physicist and defence analyst. 

Sherry Rehamn, Pakistan's new Ambassador to USA (Photo: AFP)

Sherry Rehman says her ‘muse’ is Steve Jobs and she prefers stimulus over austerity. The newly appointed ambassador has picked China over the US in response to a question by the magazine.

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Sherry Rehman named Pakistan envoy to USA

Full Story: The Times of India 24 Nov

Former information minister Sherry Rehman was named as Pakistan's new envoy to the US after the current envoy, Husain Haqqani, resigned Tuesday. Haqqani in the wake of the "memogate" scandal.

Sherry rehman - the new Pakistani Envoy to USA

Sherry Rehman, an MP from the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party, also heads the Jinnah Institute, an Islamabad based think tank. Talking to the media after her appointment, Rehman said that she would work hard to present Pakistan's case at international forums.

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