By Muhammad Luqman
Leader of the House in Senate, Shibli Faraz has been appointed as the new Information Minister of Pakistan.
Fawad Chaudhry, former information minister , made the news public on his twitter account. Chaudhry is currently the Federal Minister for Science and Technology.
Truly an honorable and dignified man @shiblifaraz has been appointed new Information minister of Pak, and a brilliant @AsimSBajwa appointed SAPM on info both ll make a great team…. all the best
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) April 27, 2020
He also said that Lt General (retired) Asim Saleem Bajwa has been appointed as the Special Assistant to the Prime Minister for Information replacing Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan who was acting as information minister since Fawad Chaduhry was removed from the post last year.
“Truly an honourable and dignified man @shiblifaraz has been appointed new Information minister of Pak, and a brilliant @AsimSBajwa appointed SAPM on information both will make a great team … all the best,” tweeted Fawad Chaudhry
Senator Syed Shibli Faraz, has been the member of Senate of Pakistan from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa since 2015. . He is the son of late Urdu poet Ahmed Faraz.
Lt General (retired) Bajwa has served as director general of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR)– media and public relations wing of the Pakistan’s armed forces.
Bajwa had served as Commander Southern Command before his retirement. He remained the director general of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) from 2012 to 2016.
In November last year, Bajwa was appointed by the government as the chairman of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Authority (CPECA).
