Shahzad Akbar, Amin Aslam get ‘promotion’

Author: News Desk

Barrister Mirza Shahzad Akbar has been promoted to Adviser to the Prime Minister on Accountability and Interior with the status of a federal minister with immediate effect, according to a notification by the Cabinet Division issued on Wednesday.

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Political Communications Shahbaz Gill shared the notification, which stated that Akbar “shall cease to hold the office of the Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Accountability and Interior” consequent to upon his appointment as the adviser.

Akbar had been wearing three hats – that of Special Assistant on Accountability and Interior Ministry as well as the chief of the Assets Recovery Unit (ARU) with the status of minister of state – since December 2019.

Moreover, the portfolio of Adviser to PM on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam has also been changed. He has been appointed as Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Climate Change with the status of a federal minister.

Share
Leave a Comment

Recent Posts

  • Pakistan

ATC rejects Imran, other PTI leaders’ acquittal pleas in GHQ attack case

An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Rawalpindi on Friday dismissed the acquittal pleas of PTI leaders…

41 seconds ago
  • Pakistan

KP apex body decides to dismantle bunkers for peace in Kurram

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa apex committee decided on Friday to dismantle all bunkers in the Kurram…

2 mins ago
  • Pakistan

JUI-F chief confident of madrassa bill resolution after talks with PM

Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman claimed on Friday that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has…

2 mins ago
  • Pakistan

PM orders action against officials involved in human trafficking

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday called for strict action against officers involved in the…

3 mins ago
  • Pakistan

High-value target among seven terrorists killed in Tank

Security forces have successfully carried out an operation in Tank district, killing seven terrorists, including…

4 mins ago
  • Pakistan

CM reviews implementation of KPIs in Rawalpindi division

Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif chaired a special meeting for a detailed briefing on…

11 mins ago