ISLAMABAD, Aug 8: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Friday allocated ministries and divisions to the recently appointed parliamentary secretaries with immediate effect.

According to a notification issued by the ministry of parliamentary affairs here, following portfolios were allocated: Dr Junaid Mumtaz Joya (NA-166/Pak Pattan), railways, Rana Omar Nazir Ahmed Khan (NA-99/Gujranwala), labour, manpower and overseas Pakistanis, Mohammad Saeed Virk, (NA-133/Sheikupura), local government and rural development, Mohammad Sanaullah Khan, (NA-73/Bhakkar), interior, Chaudhry Bilal Ejaz, (NA- 100/Gujranwala), information and media development, Rao Mohammad Ajmal Khan, (NA-113/Sialkot) petroleum and natural resources, Ali Asjad Malhi, (NA-113/Sialkot), cabinet, Rajab Ali Khan Baloch, (NA-78/Faisalabad), food and agriculture, Sardar Shah Jahan Yousaf, (NA-20/Mansehra), KANA and SAFRON, Rai Mohammad Aslam Khan Kharal, (NA-143/Okara), industries, Bushra Nazir Hazeem, (R.S.-289), environment, Bilal Ahmed Virk, (NA-136/Sheikhupura), planning and development, Mrs Rifat Javed Kahlon, (NA- 117/Narowal), information technology and telecommunication, Hina Rabbani Khar, (NA-177/Muzaffargarh), economic affairs, Mrs Rahila Yahya, (R.S. 284), health, Mazhar Ahmed Qureshi, (NA- 68/Sargodha), commerce, Prof Mushtaq Victor, (M.S. 337), minorities, Arbab Zakaullah, (NA-229/Tharparkar), narcotics control, Syed Javed Ali Shah, (NA-21/Khairpur), production, Maj (Retd) Tanveer Hussain Syed, (NA-193/Rahimyar Khan), defence, Syed Asad Murtaza Gilani, (NA-152/Multan), religious affairs, Aamir Yar Malik, (NA-184/Bahawalpur), sports, culture, youth and tourism, Mohammad Faiz Taman, (NA-61/Chakwal), defence production, Omar Ayub Khan, (NA-19/Haripur), finance, Makhdoom Syed Ali Hassan, (NA-183/Bahawalpur), scientific and technological research, Dr Donya Aziz, (R.S. 276/Punjab), population welfare, Mohammad Shamim Siddiqui, (NA-257/Karachi), housing and works, Dr Abdul Kadir Khanzada, (NA-242/Karachi), communication.—APP

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