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title: "Pakistan appoints Ali Asad Gilani as new ambassador to China"
description: "The Nation highlighted the appointment as a move aimed at strengthening diplomatic ties and mentioned the outgoing ambassador's completed tenure. BOL News focused on Gilani's prior role in Uzbekistan and his efforts to enhance trade and regional connectivity."
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# Pakistan appoints Ali Asad Gilani as new ambassador to China

pakistan · updated 26 Jul 2026, 12:43 PM PKT · 26 Jul 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> The Nation highlighted the appointment as a move aimed at strengthening diplomatic ties and mentioned the outgoing ambassador's completed tenure. BOL News focused on Gilani's prior role in Uzbekistan and his efforts to enhance trade and regional connectivity.

## Same story from 2 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **BOL News** — [Pakistan appoints ‘Ali Asad Gilani’ as new ambassador to China](https://www.bolnews.com/latest-news/pakistan-appoints-ali-asad-gilani-as-new-ambassador-to-china/) · 26 Jul 2026, 12:43 PM PKT
  > Gilani served as Pakistan's ambassador to Uzbekistan, where he worked to improve trade, investment and regional connectivity between Central and South Asia. The post Pakistan appoints ‘Ali Asad Gilani’ as new ambassador to China appeared first on BOL News.
- **The Nation** — [Pakistan names senior diplomat Syed Ali Asad Gilani as New Ambassador to China](https://www.nation.com.pk/26-Jul-2026/pakistan-names-senior-diplomat-syed-ali-asad-gilani-new-ambassador-china) · 26 Jul 2026, 9:23 AM PKT · 88% identical wording to the newest filing
  > ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has appointed seasoned career diplomat Ali Asad Gilani as its new Ambassador to China, replacing Ambassador Khalil Hashmi, who has completed his three-year tenure in Beijing, in a move aimed at sustaining the momentum in the strategic partnership between Islamabad and Beijing amid deepening political, economic and.

## Part of a bigger story

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- [Ali Asad Gilani appointed as Pakistan's new ambassador to China](https://harzaviya.com/stories/7884-ali-asad-gilani-appointed-pakistan-s-new-ambassador-to-china) · 13 Sep 2026 · 6 outlets · 2 developments · 91% related

2 articles from 2 outlets, 26 Jul 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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