ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Tuesday gave the additional portfolioof petroleum ministry to his special assistant on power Tabish Gauhar whileMinister for Science and Tech Fawad Chaudhry will likely to get theInformation ministry.
A notification issued by the cabinet division cited the removal of NadeemBabar as SAPM on Petroleum and giving the additional charge of the ministryto Tabish Gauhar. Nadeem Babar resigned from his post after the PM askedhim to leave his post over his alleged involvement in the fuel crisis.
Fawad Chaudhry will get the Information & Broadcasting however, he wants toretain his charge of the Ministry of Science and Technology.
In the latest rearrangement of the federal cabinet, the premier removedFinance Minister Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh and gave the portfolio to Ministerfor Industries Hammad Azhar as an additional charge.
On March 26, SAPM Nadeem Babar resigned from his post after the premierasked him to leave his post over his alleged role in the fuel crisis duringJune 2020 in the country.
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According to the sources, Farrukh Habib is likely to be made minister ofstate while Kashmir Committee might be given again to Syed Fakhar Imam,taking it back from Shehryar Afridi.
Shibli Faraz, Faisal Vawda, Usman Dar, and Faisal Javed Khan will also getkey ministries in the latest cabinet reshuffle.
