In another significant cabinet reshuffle on Friday, Shaukat Fayyaz Ahmed Tarin has been appointed the new finance minister, PM Office confirmed. Tarin has also been given an additional portfolio of revenue.
The former PPP minister Tarin has replaced Hammad Azhar who was appointed as finance minister less than a month ago. Hammad Azhar will now serve as energy minister.
The former energy minister Omar Ayub has been given charge of the ministry of economic affairs.
Science and Technology minister Fawad Chaudhry has been officially re-appointed as the information minister. Fawad previously serves as federal minister for Information and Broadcasting from August 2018 to April 2019.
Former information minister Shibli Faraz has been appointed as the minister for science and technology.
Khusro Bakhtiar who earlier held the Economic Affairs post will now serve as the minister for industries and production, replacing Hammad Azhar.
