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In the fresh cabinet shake-up Asad Umar to get the portfolio of Planning Minister

ISLAMABAD: PTI government spokesperson Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan has announced that in the fresh reshuffle/expansion of the cabinet, former Finance Minister Asad Umar will be given the portfolio of Minister of Planning and Special Initiatives. 

According to the Spokesperson, present Minister for Planning and Development Khusro Bakhtiar will be made the Federal Minister for Petroleum. However, she did not inform about the fate of the current Minister for Petroleum Ghulam Sarwar Khan. 

 

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M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.