This combination file photo shows Hammad Azhar (L) and Shaukat Tarin (R). APP
In yet another shuffle in the federal cabinet on Friday, Hammad Azhar has been removed from the office of finance minister less than a month after his appointment and replaced by ex-PPP minister Shaukat Fayyaz Ahmed Tarin who was also given the additional portfolio of revenue.
Newly appointed Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry confirmed the news of the cabinet reshuffle to
Dawn.
Azhar, who was appointed as finance minister less than a month ago, has now been given the portfolio of energy.
Meanwhile, former energy minister Omar Ayub has been made the minister for economic affairs. Former information minister Shibli Faraz, who was replaced by Fawad Chaudhry a day earlier, has been made the minister for science and technology the office previously headed by Chaudhry.
Hammad Azhar given energy ministry, Shaukat Tarin made finance minister in latest cabinet reshuffle - Pakistan
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