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The astute ambassador

Died: Jamsheed Kekobad Marker, 95, senior statesman and daring diplomat who served as Pakistan’s Ambassador in 11 capitals with concurrent accreditation to nine nations; at his residence in Karachi on June 21, 2018. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs paid tribute to its long-serving Ambassador by naming a room on its premises as the Jamsheed Marker Hall. "Marker not only witnessed the formative phase of Pakistan but also played a key role in some of the decisive phases of the country’s evolution for over seven decades,” interim Prime Minister Nasirul Mulk who unveiled a plaque at the Hall, 10 days after Marker’s......



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