*ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) Tariq Fatemi has been deprived of his foreign affairs’ portfolio in the federal cabinet headed by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. *
However, he has not been removed as SAPM and only his portfolio of foreign affairs has been withdrawn and now his position has been notified as equivalent to a state minister.
“He will be receiving perks of the state minister,” the sources said.
Meanwhile, sources claimed that Fatemi was removed over reservations from the PPP as the party suggested that the government should avoid making controversial appointments.