Tasneem Aslam ( ur, ) was a Pakistani career diplomat who formerly served as the spokesperson of

Ministry of Foreign Affairs In many countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the government department responsible for the state's diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral relations affairs as well as for providing support for a country's citizens who are abroad. The entit ...

Career

After joining the Foreign Service of Pakistan in 1984, she served in missions in New Delhi, The Hague and Paris before serving as ambassador to Italy between 2007-2010 and to the

Kingdom of Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...

in 2012. She served as the Additional Foreign Secretary for European Affairs from August 2013 till December 2013. Aslam's '' alma maters'' include the University of the Punjab, where she received a Master in Business Administration, and The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, where she was awarded a master's degree in International Relations. In an article examining the progress of female diplomats, ''

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'' stated that Aslem is the only woman from

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. She was the first woman appointed by the ministry as its spokesperson (in 2005). She served as director of the Foreign Secretary’s Office; director Americas; director-general at the United Nations division and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. She retired form the service in 2017.

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Pakistan appoints Tasnim Aslam as new Foreign Ministry spokesperson

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Aslam, Tasneem Ambassadors of Pakistan to Italy Ambassadors of Pakistan to Morocco Living people University of the Punjab people The Fletcher School at Tufts University alumni Pakistani women ambassadors Year of birth missing (living people)