Abd al-Aziz al-Ghadir

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Abd al-Aziz al-Ghadir ( Arabic عبد العزيز الغدير, also written in German as Abdul Asis al-Ghadeer or Abdulaziz bin Ibrahim Al-Ghadir ) is a Saudi Arabian diplomat and his country's ambassador to Pakistan since June 2009 .

Life

Al-Ghadir has worked for the Saudi Arabian Foreign Ministry since the mid-1980s and held a post at the embassy in Rome for five years. He was also Deputy Director in the Ministry of Education, Manager of Bilateral Economic Relations in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Director of Administration for Saudi Schools Abroad and Foreign Schools in Saudi Arabia. Before being named Saudi Arabia's Ambassador to Pakistan in 2009, Al-Ghadir served as Ambassador to Turkmenistan for eight years .

Ambassador to Pakistan

Al-Ghadir took his oath as ambassador to Pakistan on June 13, 2009. The office is considered an important post as there are very close bilateral relations between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, which are ascribed a high level of importance in both countries. Between 2006 and 2009, Pakistan received $ 1.52 million in loans and benefits from Saudi Arabia. Remittances from Pakistani migrant workers in Saudi Arabia are also important ; among the 16.5 million native people of Saudi Arabia, around 900,000 to 1 million Pakistanis live and work. During al-Ghadir's tenure as ambassador, the flood disaster in Pakistan occurred in 2010 , in which Saudi Arabia provided aid amounting to 361.99 million US dollars. In January 2011, al-Ghadir negotiated the extradition of wanted Saudi extremists and in April 2011 the execution of three Pakistanis in Saudi Arabia despite previously paid blood money .

After Osama bin Laden was killed in a US commando operation in Abbottabad on May 2, 2011 , his relatives were imprisoned in Pakistan and the Pakistani government negotiated unsuccessfully with al-Ghadir and the Saudis about their repatriation . A few days later, the Saudi consulate general in Karachi was attacked with two hand grenades and on May 16, 2011 the security officer of the consulate general, Hassan al Kahkani, was shot dead by five strangers in the car. Al-Ghadir suspected terrorists behind the attack and declared that "someone who commits such an act cannot be a Muslim". Pakistani investigators suspect al-Qaeda and local supporters to be behind the attack, which is supposed to protest against the Saudi refusal to take them back and against a possible extradition to the USA.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Newly Appointed Ambassadors Sworn in. In: News page of the Saudi Foreign Ministry. June 14, 2009, archived from the original on December 24, 2012 ; accessed on May 17, 2011 (English).
  2. ↑ Saudi Arabian diplomat shot dead. In: ORF . May 16, 2011, accessed May 16, 2011 .
  3. ↑ KSA wants stable Pakistan, says new Saudi ambassador. In: Saudi Gazette . July 21, 2009, archived from the original on September 10, 2012 ; accessed on May 29, 2019 (English).
  4. ↑ Saudi Aid to Pakistan and Afghanistan ( Memento from June 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Saudi Embassy July 1, 2010
  5. ↑ ARAB VERSUS ASIAN MIGRANT WORKERS IN THE GCC COUNTRIES (PDF; 139 kB) Andrzej Kapiszewski, May 2006
  6. ^ Riyadh look to asian trade ( Memento June 13, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) by Neil Ford, The Middle East, May 2006
  7. ^ "Countrywise update of Foreign Assistance for Flood Affectees" ( Memento August 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Government of Pakistan, Economic Affairs Division, September 17, 2010
  8. ↑ Saudi issues arrest warrants against 47 Al Qaeda militants. January 9, 2011, archived from the original on December 20, 2015 ; accessed on May 29, 2019 .
  9. ^ Ambassador in Pakistan appeals to wanted Saudis. In: Saudi Gazette . January 11, 2011, archived from the original on September 11, 2012 ; accessed on May 29, 2019 (English).
  10. ↑ Saudi ambassador assures support to three Pakistanis given death penalty The Express Tribune, April 20, 2011; Jailed in Saudi Arabia: Hope emerges for Pakistanis facing death The Express Tribune, 21 Apr 2011
  11. ^ Fate of Osama's family hangs in balance ( Memento from May 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) by Maqbool Malik, The Nation May 9, 2011
  12. ↑ Saudi consulate in Karachi heightens security By Huda al-Saleh and Umer Farooq and Bard al-Qahtani, Asharq al-Awsat 17/05/2011
  13. ↑ Saudi diplomat shot dead in Karachi. In: The time . May 16, 2011, accessed May 17, 2011 .
  14. ↑ Saudi Arabia refuses to accept Osama's family By Qaiser Butt, The Express Tribune May 19, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Ghadir, Abd al-Aziz al-
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ghadir, Abdulaziz bin Ibrahim al-; عبدالعزيز الغدير (Arabic)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Saudi Arabian diplomat, ambassador
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century