Foreign Office spokesman Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry today said Khoso had issued an order permitting non-career and contractual envoys to work till the formation of the next government following the general election to be held on May 11.
Pakistan currently has 19 non-career and contractual ambassadors who were appointed by the previous Pakistan People's Party-led government.
The country has a total of 90 ambassadors and there is a fixed quota of 20 per cent for non-career and contractual envoys.
Bashir and senior PPP leader Sherry Rehman, currently the envoy to the US, are among the non-career and contractual ambassadors appointed by the last government.
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