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Who is Masood Khan?

Masood Khan is a Pakistani diplomat who served as the 27th President of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
 
He has also held the positions of the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from August 2003 to March 2005, before becoming Pakistan's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations and International Organisations in Geneva, Switzerland, from 2005 to 2008.
 
Khan was also Pakistan's Ambassador to China between September 2008 and September 2012 and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, New York, between October 11, 2012, and February 7, 2015.
 
The United States government approved the appointment of Sardar Masood Khan as Pakistan's envoy in Washington. The agreement, which was issued by the State Department, will now allow Masood to replace incumbent Pakistani Ambassador Asad Majeed Khan.
 
The agreement, in diplomacy, is an agreement to receive and facilitate members of a country's diplomatic mission.
 
Life and education
 
Masood Khan was born in Rawalakot to a Sudhan family that belongs to the Sadozai Pashtun tribe. During the initial days of his career, he worked as an English TV newscaster. He has a master's degree in English literature and later joined the Foreign Service of Pakistan in 1980.

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