Sartaj Aziz has been appointed as Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission by PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi

His portfolio would be equivalent to a federal minister.

Sartaj Aziz, a strategist had served as an advisor to former prime minister Nawaz Sharif till his disqualification as a result of the Supreme Court ruling in Panamagate scandal on July 28.

While Nasir Janjua has been again made his National Security Advisor