Dipl: (New British HC presents his credentials to President)

ISLAMABAD:Dr Christian Turner, the new British High Commissioner to Pakistan presented his credentials to President Arif Alvi here at the President House on Thursday.

Dr Turner has arrived in December last year succeeding Thomas Drew. In a statement, the British High Commissioner Dr Christian Turner said: “It is a huge privilege to be working in Pakistan and leading the UK’s largest diplomatic mission”.

He said UK is home to over 1.5 million British people of Pakistani origin and this shows the depth of relationship between the two countries and their people.

“I am looking forward to further strengthening this bond,” he added.