LONDON: Andy Drake has been appointed as the senior producer for South Asia, by Associated Press Television News (APTN), the international video arm of the Associated Press.

He will be based at APTN's bureau in Islamabad and will be responsible for news coverage in Pakistan. He will officially take up his new role in November 2002.

Drake has worked in the London Newsroom on the Asia desk and has also undertaken extensive field work in Pakistan, India, Kashmir and Sri Lanka, amongst other assignments.