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‘Longest-serving’ ambassador Jamsheed marker passes away

June 21, 2018

KARACHI, June 21 (INP): Veteran Pakistani diplomat and "the world’s longest serving ambassador" Jamsheed Marker passed away on Thursday in Karachi. Marker served as Pakistan's top envoy to the United States and more than a dozen other countries for over three decades.[timed-content-server show="06/22/2018 01:00 Asia/Karachi"]The veteran diplomat was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as having been "ambassador to more countries than any other person" and also for being “the world’s longest serving ambassador”. The Hilal-e-Imtiaz recipient was also an accomplished cricket commentator and was fluent in English, Urdu, Gujarati, French, German and Russian. He is survived by his daughter and wife, family sources said. INP/AJ[/timed-content-server]