Sherry Rehman is Pakistan's ambassador to US
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Islamabad, Nov 23 (IANS) Former minister Sherry Rehman was Wednesday appointed Pakistan's ambassador to the US after Husain Haqqani quit over a memo that claimed President Asif Ali Zardari feared a military coup.
Dawn reported that Rehman, Pakistan People's Party's member of the National Assembly, was appointed Pakistan's envoy to the US.
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