WASHINGTON: Ending weeks of speculation and rumours, the White House has officially announced that they are nominating Richard G. Olson as the next US ambassador to Pakistan.
The announcement comes as Cameron Munter steps down from his current post as Ambassador to Pakistan. According to a biography released by the White House, Ambassador Olson previously served as the Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs at the US Embassy in Kabul from June 2011 to June 2012. Prior to this, he was the US Ambassador in UAE from 2008 to 2011. Ambassador Olson, a career foreign service officer, has also been posted in Saudi Arabia, Brussels and Iraq.
We are about to receive a new envoy from the US. Let us hope for the better
