NUZHAT NAZAR

ISLAMABAD: Former DG ISPR and Chairman CPEC Authority Lt General Asim Saleem Bajwa (retired) Monday replaced Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan as Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting.

Apart from this, Senator Shibli Faraz has been appointed Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting.

The development was revealed Monday.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Shibli Faraz was appointed as the Leader of the House in the Senate in August 2018. 

The notification stated: “The prime minister has been pleased to remove Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan from the office of Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting with immediate effect.”

Lieutenant General Asim Bajwa (retd) is currently serving as chairperson of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority.

Bajwa will serve as the authority’s head for a period of four years.

Senator Syed Shibli Faraz belongs to PTI from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.

He is currently serving as Leader of the House in the Senate. He has been the member of Senate of Pakistan from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa since 2015.

The Minister for Science and Technology, Fawad Chaudhry, congratulating the two Tweeted, “Truly an honorable and dignified man Shibli Faraz has been appointed new Information minister of Pak, and a brilliant Asim Bajwa appointed SAPM on info both will make a great team. All the best.”