Brig (r) Ijaz Shah takes oath as federal minister

Author: Staff Report

Brigadier (r) Ijaz Shah on Tuesday took oath as a federal minister of parliamentary affairs. President Arif Alvi administered the oath at Aiwan-e-Saddar in Islamabad. The oath-taking ceremony was attended by federal ministers and other office holders. Shah won the election from the constituency of NA-118 Nankana Sahib in the general elections 2018. He was a close aide of former president Pervez Musharraf and served as the director-general of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) from 2004 to 2008. Last week, Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry took to Twitter to announce Shah s appointment by stating, “On the recommendation of Prime Minister Imran Khan, the president has approved the appointment of Brigadier (rtd) Ijaz Shah as federal minister.”

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