US pauses Masood Khan's appointment as Pak Ambassador over 'possible terror links'- All you need to know
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Masood Khan was nominated as Ambassador to the US in November. A former foreign secretary said that normally, the State Department took four to six weeks to issue an agreement for Pakistani ambassadors in the past.
New Delhi: The US State Department has been taking unusually long to process the appointment of the Pakistan Ambassador-designate to the United States Masood Khan. This delay has triggered an impression of a pause in the process.
Masood Khan was to replace the outgoing Ambassador of Pakistan in Washington, Asad Majeed Khan.
Normally, the State Department took four to six weeks to issue an agreement for Pakistani ambassadors in the past, a former foreign secretary said. "This time they are taking unusually long," Dawn news quoted another diplomat as saying.