ANI | up to date: Apr 19, 2019 06:forty IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Apr 19 (ANI): saying his first foremost cupboard reshuffle after taking office, Pakistan best Minister Imran Khan on Thursday brought in 5 new aides and changed the portfolios of four ministers, together with that of tips Minister Fawad Chaudhry, who has now been assigned Science and technology ministry.Chaudhry will be replaced by way of Firdous Ashiq Awan, an erstwhile Pakistan americans's birthday party (PPP) stalwart who switched to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in might also 2017.Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, former finance minister within the PPP executive from 2010 to 2013, has been appointed consultant Finance. he'll replace Asad Umar, who resigned hours before the announcement of the reshuffle, asserting Imran Khan provided him power ministry however he did not desire it.additionally, a loyalist of former President well-known Pervez Musharraf and ex-spymaster Brig Ijaz Ahmed Shah, whose appointment ultimate month as Parliamentary Affairs minister got here as a large shock, has been chosen as federal indoors minister. chiefly, the portfolio become so far kept via major Minister Khan himself.meanwhile, Minister of state for indoors, Shehryar Afridi, has now been named the Minister for States and Frontier areas (Safron).Ghulam Sarwar Khan, who turned into the petroleum minister, has been shifted to aviation ministry. Reportedly, Sarwar had threatened to give up the birthday party if faraway from the cupboard. hence he become shifted to Aviation portfolio which become except then held with the aid of Federal Minister for Privatisation Muhammad Mian Soomro.The reshuffle comes as the South Asian nation goes via a major financial crisis. despite owing around USD 10 billion to Beijing and Riyadh, Islamabad is in quest of one more bailout package of USD eight to 10 billion from the international economic Fund (IMF). (ANI)
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