Hyderabad: For the first time since Independence, Geetika Srivastava will be the first woman to be India’s head of mission in Pakistan. Geetika Srivastava, a 2005 batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, will be the new charge d’affaires at its High Commission in Islamabad. Currently serving as Joint Secretary at the headquarters of the Ministry of External Affairs, Srivastava looks after the Indo-Pacific division.