Amna Baloch appointed ambassador to EU and Belgium

Senior diplomat Amna Baloch has been appointed as Pakistan’s ambassador to the European Union and Belgium, media reported on Sunday.

 According to diplomatic sources, Amna Baloch will assume her duties as ambassador next month.

The post of Ambassador to the European Union and Belgium was vacant after Dr. Asad Majeed Khan became Foreign Secretary. 

Amna Baloch is currently the High Commissioner of Pakistan in Malaysia and was recently promoted to BPS-22. 

She assumed charge as the High Commissioner of Pakistan in Malaysia on 19 August 2019.

She was born in 1966, received a master’s degree in history and joined the Pakistan Foreign Service in 1991.

Amna Baloch served as a Section Officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1992 to 1994 and from January 1998 to June 2002.

Moreover, she worked as Deputy Director from March to August 2004 and as Director from March 2005 to August 2010. 

Between July 2002 to December 2003, she worked as Second Secretary in Copenhagen.