Geetika Srivastava First Woman To Lead Indian Mission In Pakistan

Geetika Srivastava will be India's new charge d'affaires at its High Commission in Islamabad, becoming the first woman to hold that post. Currently serving as joint secretary at the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), she will succeed Dr M Suresh Kumar who is likely to return to New Delhi. Although the job entails several responsibilities, a charge d'affaires is a diplomat who temporarily heads a diplomatic mission in a foreign country in the absence of the Ambassador or High Commissioner.