General Bilal Akbar appointed as Pakistan’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia

Lt-Gen (retd) Bilal Akbar has been appointed as Pakistan’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia. He has replaced a career diplomat, Raja Ali Ejaz. Since the Saudi ambassador to Pakistan Nawaf bin Saeed Al-Maliki was from the Royal Saudi Navy and retired as Rear Admiral, both Islamabad and Riyadh now have former military men as each other’s ambassadors in their respective capitals.

The sudden shuffling of Saudi Arabia’s ambassador is a significant development in terms of the relationship between the two countries, which has recently witnessed tensions.

Source: Naya Daur