MQM-P Aminual Haq appointed as telecom minister
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Khusro Bakhtiar removed as food security minister in yet another cabinet shake-up
In yet another major cabinet reshuffle, the premier has named PTI leader Syed Fakhar Imam as Federal Minister for Minister of National Food Security, while his predecessor Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar has been given the Ministry of Economic Affairs.
Bakhtiar has replaced Hammad Azhar, who is now Federal Minister for Industries.
The prime minister also accepted MQM-P convener Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui’s resignation, which he had handed in January this year, as federal minister for information technology. MQM-P’s Aminul Haq has been made federal minister for telecom.
The prime minister also accepted MQM-P convener Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui’s resignation, which he had handed in January this year, as federal minister for information technology. MQM-P’s Aminul Haq has been made federal minister for telecom.
Azam Swati, who was previously the parliamentary affairs minister, has been made Federal Minister for Narcotics Control.
Babar Awan has been appointed as the adviser for parliamentary affairs.
The reshuffle comes two days after the Federal Investigation Agency team released reports on the sugar crisis and beneficiaries of subsidies obtained by the industry’s bigwigs. The report on the sugar crisis named Bakhtiar, then the minister for national food security, as a beneficiary.
The report also named Jahangir Tareen, a PTI leader, as a beneficiary of the subsidy.
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