Reshuffling has been done in Khan’s cabinet, the additional charge of the finance minister was taken back from Industries and Production Minister Hammad Azhar who has now replaced Omar Ayub as power minister.
Omar Ayub has been entrusted with the ministry of revenue affairs. Federal Minister Fawad Chaudhry has replaced Shibli Faraz as information minister while Shibli Faraz has been made the science and technology minister.
A month ago on 29 March, the federal government placed Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh and appointed Industries Minister Hammad Azhar as the new finance minister.
Due to the rise of inflation in the country PM Imran Khan was unhappy with the performance of the Finance Minister.
“PM Khan was not satisfied because of the inflation in the country and decided to bring in a new finance team,” he said, adding that the premier has expressed confidence over the performance of Hammad Azhar and appointed him new finance minister.
