Abdul Basit (diplomat)

Abdul Basit
Pakistan High Commissioner to India
In office
2014 – August, 2017
PresidentMamnoon Hussain
Prime MinisterNawaz Sharif
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
Preceded bySalman Bashir
Succeeded bySohail Mahmood
Personal details
OccupationDiplomat
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Abdul Basit is a retired Pakistani diplomat who served as the former high commissioner of Pakistan to India. He was appointed to his position in 2014 and was based at the Pakistani High Commission in New Delhi. Previously, he served as Pakistan's ambassador to Germany from May 2012 to March 2014. During his career, he has been posted at Moscow, New York, Sana'a, Geneva and London.