Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, July/August 1998, Page 117

Diplomatic Doings

Farewell to Zamir Akram

Mr. Zamir and Mrs. Sadia Akram are pictured at the home of Pakistani press attaché Mohammad Azam at one of a series of farewell parties by fellow diplomats and prominent Pakistani Americans for the departing Akrams. A seasoned political officer, Zamir Akram has served as political officer and now deputy chief of mission under two Pakistani ambassadors in Washington, Maleeha Lodhi, a prominent journalist and editor who served as ambassador during the administration of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, and career diplomat Riaz Khokhar, who has served in Washington since the election of Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif. Having completed his tour in Washington, Zamir Akram, who also has served in the Pakistani Embassy in Moscow, expects to be assigned to the foreign ministry in Islamabad as director of South Asian affairs.