Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar was appointed as the country’s deputy prime minister on Sunday (Apr 28) with “immediate effect,” said a notification issued by the Cabinet Division.
‘Immediate effect’
According to the notification, Dar, 73, was appointed by Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for his new role “with immediate effect and until further orders”.
The Pakistan foreign minister is a chartered accountant and a veteran politician who is a part of Shehbaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party.