Hina Rabbani Khar's date with India
All of 34, Hina Rabbani Khar is Pakistan's first woman Foreign Minister and also the youngest at that. Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari justified her appointment, saying it would "send positive signals about the soft image of Pakistan". Ms Khar touched down in India on Tuesday to take on the peace dialogue forward between the two arch-rivals; the world is waiting in anticipation as to how she handles her first major diplomatic outing and navigates the troubled waters of India-Pakistan relationship.
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Pakistan's Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar gestures during a visit to the shrine of Sufi Muslim saint Hazrat Khawaja Moinuddin Chisti in Ajmer before leaving for Pakistan. She also visited the shrine of saint Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia in Delhi.
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The Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar visited the shrine of Muslim Sufi saint Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia before leaving for Pakistan. She was in India to take on the peace dialogue between the two countries.
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Ms Khar touched down in India on Tuesday to take on the peace dialogue forward between the two arch-rivals; the world saw how she handled her first major diplomatic outing and navigated the troubled waters of India-Pakistan relationship. -
All of 34, Hina Rabbani Khar is Pakistan's first woman Foreign Minister and also the youngest at that. Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari justified her appointment, saying it would "send positive signals about the soft image of Pakistan".
Ms Khar touched down in India on Tuesday to take on the peace dialogue forward between the two arch-rivals; the world is waiting in anticipation as to how she handles her first major diplomatic outing and navigates the troubled waters of India-Pakistan relationship.
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The decision to elevate Ms Khar was made in view of her competency and recent interaction at the Foreign Office, according to the the Prime Minister's office. She is seen here with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during her visit to India.
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A postgraduate in hospitality and tourism from the University of Massachusetts, Ms Khar comes from a wealthy feudal family in southern Punjab and owns Lahore's posh Polo Lounge, a haunt of the rich and the powerful. Here she is seen greeting BJP patriarch L K Advani.
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Ms Khar's father is a large landowner from Muzaffargarh. Her uncle Ghulam Mustafa Kar was the subject of "My Feudal Lord", a biting account of patriarchal society in Pakistan penned by his fifth wife Tehmina Durrani. Ms Khar is known to be fond of polo and trekking.
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Her political ascent has been meteoric ever since, propelled by favourable circumstances. Barely four days after then Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi was removed, she was named Minister of State for Foreign Affairs on July 20, 2011.
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