ISLAMABAD: In a major development, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday gave Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar additional charges as deputy prime minister with immediate effect, according to a notification issued by the Cabinet Division.
According to the notification, the appointment was made by Prime Minister Sharif “with immediate effect and until further orders.”.
The appointment comes at a time when PM Shehbaz and Dar, along with other ministers, are in Saudi Arabia to attend the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) special meeting on global collaboration, growth, and energy, reports Dawn.
This appointment marks the reinstatement of the deputy prime minister post. Chaudhry Pervez Elahi was the last deputy prime minister of the country, who was appointed to the post in 2012 by the PML-Q administration.
Dar (73) belongs to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Party. He has served as finance minister in two previous governments. He was surprisingly made the foreign minister when Prime Minister Sharif shuffled his cabinet in March, according to agencies.
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