Karachi,july 19 :HINA Rabbani Khar, 34, will be elevated to the position of the foreign minister of Pakistan, a media report said on Monday.
Her elevation comes barely a week ahead of crucial India- Pakistan talks to be held in New Delhi. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has sent to President Asif Ali Zardari, the papers for making Khar the new foreign minister, Geo News reported.Khar was the minister of state for foreign affairs.
The foreign minister’s post became vacant after Shah Mahmood Qureshi was left out of the cabinet after a reshuffle.Khar is scheduled to travel to New Delhi for the foreign minister level talks July 26- 27.
Khar will be the youngest foreign minister in Pakistan’s history, beating the record of former Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, who was 35 when he took over the portfolio in the Ayub Khan regime.She will also be the first woman foreign minister of the country.
Khar is the niece of Pakistani politician Ghulam Mustafa Khar, the main subject of My Feudal Lord , an unflattering biography by his exwife Tehmina Durrani.