{"id":57478,"date":"2026-01-04T06:26:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T06:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=57478"},"modified":"2026-01-04T06:26:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T06:26:15","slug":"pakistans-sohail-mehmood-assumes-secretary-general-office-at-d-8-in-istanbul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/pakistans-sohail-mehmood-assumes-secretary-general-office-at-d-8-in-istanbul\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan&#8217;s Sohail Mehmood Assumes Secretary General Office at D-8 in Istanbul"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57479\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/D8-Pakistan-Assume-e1767507823863.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"326\" \/>Istanbul : 02 Jan 2025 &#8211; Ambassador Sohail Mahmood, from the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, assumed responsibilities as the new Secretary General of the D-8 Organisation for Economic Cooperation, today. The change was effected in a formal handing over ceremony held at the <span class=\"html-span xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs\">#D8<\/span> Secretariat in Istanbul.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">During the ceremony, the Outgoing Secretary-General, Ambassador Isiaka Abdulqadir Imam, and the Incoming Secretary-General, Ambassador Sohail Mahmood, exchanged remarks &#8211; stressing the D-8\u2019s vast potential, ensuring realisation of the opportunities for enhanced cooperation and economic integration, and underscoring commitment to the principles and objectives of the Organisation as enshrined in the <span class=\"html-span xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs\">#D8<\/span> Charter as well as the Decennial Roadmap.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Istanbul : 02 Jan 2025 &#8211; Ambassador Sohail Mahmood, from the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, assumed responsibilities as the new Secretary General of the D-8 Organisation for Economic Cooperation, today. The change was effected in a formal handing over ceremony held at the #D8 Secretariat in Istanbul. During the ceremony, the Outgoing Secretary-General, Ambassador Isiaka [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57479,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[1813,5352,1181,48,3356,4963],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57478"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57478"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57480,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57478\/revisions\/57480"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}