{
  "id": 12319715,
  "title": "Asim Iftikhar returns home to become Pakistan’s foreign secretary",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/asim-iftikhar-returns-home-to-become-pakistans-foreign-secretary",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-06T06:24:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Times",
    "slug": "daily-times",
    "url": "https://dailytimes.com.pk/1563292/asim-iftikhar-returns-home-to-become-pakistans-foreign-secretary/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, is leaving New York to take charge as the country’s new foreign secretary. His departure ends a two-year assignment during Pakistan’s elected term on the UN Security Council. Read More: Asim Iftikhar named new foreign secretary Ahmad arrived in New York in October 2024 […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Sahibzada Farhan named Pakistan’s T20 captain as Naseem Shah returns",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/sahibzada-farhan-named-pakistans-t20-captain-as-naseem-shah-returns",
        "published": "2026-10-06T08:30:26.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}