Mohammad Sadiq resigns as Pakistan’s special envoy for Afghanistan

KABUL (Pajhwok): Pakistan’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Mohammad Sadiq resigned on Wednesday from his post, according to a media report.

On his twitter handle, the top Pakistani diplomat wrote: “After serving close to three years as Pakistan’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, I have requested the government that the time had come for me to move on and focus on my personal pursuits — family, books and agriculture/environment.”

Sadiq said that he was grateful to the prime minister and all the other stakeholders for their “wholehearted support” to him as the special envoy.

“I deeply appreciate the hard work of many of my colleagues who spent long hours to make the Pakistan-Afghanistan relationship work,” he added.

Dawn.com reported that the former ex-envoy confirmed the development saying that he had tendered his resignation to the premier. He also said that his resignation had been accepted by PM Shehbaz.

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