Ex-envoy Satyabrata Pal joins NHRC as a new Member

Monday, March 2, 2009, 19:48 [IST]

New Delhi, Mar.2 (ANI): Satyabrata Pal, a former diplomat joined the National Human Rights Commission as a new member today.

Pal belongs to 1972 batch of the Indian Foreign Service. As a diplomat, he handled several key assignments, the last being India's High Commissioner in Pakistan. (ANI)

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