PM Imran reshuffles cabinet less than one year into government
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The Prime Minister's Office announced a major reshuffle of the federal cabinet on Thursday, with key portfolios of the finance, interior and information ministries seeing new faces.
This development came only hours after Asad Umar stepped down as the finance minister.
Key updates
- Cabinet reshuffled after criticism mounts on economic, security policies
- Asad Umar removed from the finance ministry
- Fawad Chaudhry now Minister for Science and Technology
- Ijaz Ahmed Shah appointed federal interior minister; Afridi removed as interior state minister
The portfolio of information minister has been taken away from Fawad Chaudhry, who has been named as the federal minister for science and technology.
Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh has been named the adviser on finance.
Minister of state for interior Shehryar Afridi has now been named the Minister for States and Frontier Regions (Safron).
The PTI government has also announced a federal interior minister for the first time, with the portfolio — earlier held by the PM himself — going to retired Brig Ijaz Ahmed Shah, who was appointed the federal minister for parliamentary affairs just last month.
Profile: Ijaz Shah — Imran Khan's new Interior Minister
Ghulam Sarwar Khan, who previously was the petroleum minister, has now been named the federal minister for aviation. Sarwar, according to informed sources, had threatened to quit the party if removed from the cabinet. He was, therefore, given the Aviation Division portfolio which was until then held by Federal Minister for Privatisation Muhammad Mian Soomro.
Azam Swati, who had resigned as the federal minister for science and technology last year, has been appointed as the federal minister for parliamentary affairs.
His resignation had come after he was accused of using his influence in the transfer of a former capital police chief in the wake of his family's altercation with a family of slum dwellers.
The prime minister, according to a notification issued by the Cabinet Division, has also appointed a trio of Special Assistants to the Prime Minister (SAPM).
The notification states that Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan has been made the SAPM on Information and Broadcasting Division, while Dr Zafarullah Mirza has been assigned the portfolio of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination.
Meanwhile, Nadeem Babar will serve as the SAPM on Petroleum Division.
The reshuffle comes as criticism mounts against the PTI government over its economic policies as well as in the aftermath of major terrorist attacks in Balochistan.
Who is Abdul Hafeez Shaikh?
Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh is an internationally renowned economist with more than 30 years of experience in economic policymaking, management and implementation.
Dr Shaikh has undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in economics from Boston University. He had worked at Harvard University and World Bank, where he was country head for Saudi Arabia and as a Senior Official advised 21 countries in Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America.
He served as the finance minister from 2010 to 2013 during the PPP government's rule.
During his tenure as federal minister, Dr Shaikh completed 34 sale transactions worth Rs300 billion in banking, telecom, electricity and manufacturing.
In 2000-2002, he was minister of finance, planning and development of Sindh.
He was then appointed as the minister for privatisation and investment in the Pervez Musharraf administration.
Who is Firdous Ashiq Awan?
Firdous Ashiq Awan was a PPP stalwart before she joined the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) in May 2017.
Awan, along with her husband, was a staunch supporter of the PPP until party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari consolidated his control over the party.
She began her political career in 1990 with a focus on improving the healthcare system, and founded the Society for Health and Development and Exchange.
In 2002, she was elected to NA-286 on a reserved seat for women. In 2008, she successfully contested the NA-111 poll and was appointed the federal minister for population welfare. She later served as the information minister in the PPP government.
In 2013, she again contested the NA-111 poll but this time was unsuccessful. In 2015, she resigned as the PPP Punjab vice president before joining the PTI two years later.
Who is Nadeem Babar?
Babar, a former chief executive of Orient Power and Saba Power Company, had been operating in the power sector since the induction of private power producers under the 1994 power policy.
In September 2018, upon the prime minister's desire, he was appointed the head of an eight-member task force on energy sector reforms.
Who is Dr Zafarullah Mirza?
Dr Zafarullah Mirza is a former director of the World Health Organisation's (WHO) Division of Health System Development.
He joined the WHO in 2004 and served in different capacities during his more than a decade-long association with the UN special agency.
Dr Mirza holds a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from Rawalpindi Medical College, as well as a Master’s of Science degree in Public Health in Developing Countries from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
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Apr 18, 2019 09:47pm
That's excellent
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Apr 18, 2019 09:47pm
Fawad Chowdry should become FM. He thinks out of the box.
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Apr 18, 2019 09:50pm
Kaptaan making too many changes in his team.
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Apr 18, 2019 09:51pm
Better late then never this reshuffle! Inshallah captain will deliver with his team!
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Apr 18, 2019 09:52pm
Looks like PTI government is losing the grip. A major reshuffle so soon is not a good sign. It take times to show results at macro economic level. Asad Omar and other ministers should have been allowed more time to show results.
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Apr 18, 2019 09:56pm
New portfolio of Fawad Chaudry, Science and Technology! At least he knew something about his previous portfolio by being a journalist!
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Apr 18, 2019 09:58pm
The lion is stepping back to aim again.
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Apr 18, 2019 09:59pm
Naya Pakistan 2.0
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Apr 18, 2019 10:01pm
This way I don't think Imran Khan will complete his full term as a Prime Minister.
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Apr 18, 2019 10:03pm
Good luck to everyone... You will need it!
Gordon D. Walker
Canada
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Apr 18, 2019 10:03pm
Nice to have a reshuffle, if PM too can be replaced. He has not long term plan for Pakistan to come out of financial crisis or debt-trap. Rotating bowlers is not enough. Captain has to be replaced.
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Apr 18, 2019 10:04pm
Another more likely reshuffle is coming in the form of government change
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Apr 18, 2019 10:05pm
This shows complete failure and chaos
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Apr 18, 2019 10:05pm
The minster of science and technology should have been appointed from the lateral fields. I would suggest the name of Pervez Hoodbhoy for the post.
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Apr 18, 2019 10:08pm
Fawad is the one who speaks a lot and out of turn? So now he has been given a Ministry where Pakistan really has not much to say or do. Good for him and good for the country.
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Apr 18, 2019 10:09pm
Shouldn't the portfolio of the Ministry of Finance be changed?
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Apr 18, 2019 10:12pm
It is good that Fawad Chowdry is shifted to Science and Technology since he can not do much harm in the his new assignment since he knows nothing about his new job.
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Apr 18, 2019 10:12pm
The good part is that the fear of being axed will make new and existing ministers work even harder.
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Apr 18, 2019 10:17pm
This happens when small people occupies big posts. Running country is not easy as playing cricket on ground.
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Apr 18, 2019 10:18pm
Science and Tech will go into hibernation
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Apr 18, 2019 10:20pm
Let's hope resuffles and changes will restore trust and bring well expected stability in the PTI government! (Gharib Awam ki Awaz).
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Apr 18, 2019 10:20pm
What was Asad' fault? He was doing excellent job? He was opposing world bank conditions and thus has been removed .
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Apr 18, 2019 10:22pm
Now this is much more than chaos. They have finance minister from PPP. Even for the people who expect IK govt to disappoint - this is utterly un-acceptable. Come on, find someone in your party atleast.
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Apr 18, 2019 10:26pm
The worst performance among all is Imran Khan himself who has Ferdos Ashiq Awan, Azzam Sawati as ministers/advisers and Usman Buzdar as chief minister of Punjab. Will he please resign. You know what, I am now sick and tired of spending 4 years on social media defending Imran Khan. Firing Asad Umar while taking pressure from TV anchors who know nothing about economic, exposes his mental strength. What a shame!
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Apr 18, 2019 10:26pm
Fawad Chaudhry the minister for science and technology? Are you out of your mind? I think Pervez Hoodbhoy should be the minster of science and technology.
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Apr 18, 2019 10:27pm
what about the speaker ?
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Apr 18, 2019 10:28pm
So the people who barely started to know their ministries and working will now start learning working of some other ministry ! What a govt and what a luck we have as a nation !
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Apr 18, 2019 10:28pm
@Sky is the limit, Lion or the hunters (Opposition) ???
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Apr 18, 2019 10:29pm
@topbrass, Which Box?
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Apr 18, 2019 10:44pm
This was expected sooner or later, no big deal, it happens all over the world especially in a good democratic governments, it's a job and once better candidates are found it's time for a reshuffle, instead of the status Que for the sake of some loyalty, welcome to real politics.
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Apr 18, 2019 11:08pm
Game changer, now watch the incredible progress.
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Apr 18, 2019 11:09pm
Fawad Chaudhri handled his ministry very well, I think there is no body of his caliber with I Khan.
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Apr 18, 2019 11:15pm
Hafeez Shiekh was at the helm of finance and related portfolios during PPP and military governments when all the looting and financial gimmicks persisted, so it’s be premature to hope anything will change.
Real change will only occur when a) expenses are cut, including defense expenses, and b) revenues are increased, including adding agricultural tax. Until we and the establishment accepts the financial reality, this musical chairs shall continue.
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Apr 18, 2019 11:19pm
IK has the guts to make changes and rectify. Kudos to him. Pakistan has got a leader again
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Apr 18, 2019 11:19pm
Kaptan a man without any focus and target
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Apr 18, 2019 11:20pm
When things are not working right the way you want it then it is time to take action. Good move by Imran Khan who is not afraid to take much needed the bold steps.
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Apr 18, 2019 11:21pm
Changes are necessary to force performance. The nation does not have time or resources so the individual who can deliver best has to be found if the one on the job is not able to move or move fast enough . There is a strong possibility that these individuals may not perform either but unless we tried them we would have failed already .
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Apr 18, 2019 11:22pm
Selection of incompetent people with relevant education and experience to run a government is the worst form of corruption.
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Apr 18, 2019 11:28pm
@Lahori kid, Lion
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Apr 18, 2019 11:31pm
Is he is appointed as fm or advisor. Confussing.
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Apr 18, 2019 11:33pm
Let's not think in a way that who were the losers and who are winners. Every one is expecting best from PTI as it has come into power for the first time.
It is the prerogative of the Prime Minister to reshuffle the cabinet. One thing people should keep in mind that the core issues in the country are economy and law and order.
Let me also put it for the valued readers of these coloumns that this is not the last reshuffle. It has started from Islamabad and will travel towards provinces which may remove Governors and Chief Ministers.
In plain words this is first earthquake within PTI at a richter scale 7.0
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Apr 18, 2019 11:33pm
@Sky is the limit, expect some more u turns shortly
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Apr 18, 2019 11:35pm
Dr. Salman Shah should have been inducted as a special adviser on Finance. Let's see how Dr. Hafeez Shaikh does this time. During PPP's last tenure he couldn't turn things around.
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Apr 18, 2019 11:41pm
Changes are not always bad , every one in the cabinet should be on his /her feet , I think changes had become necessary.
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Apr 18, 2019 11:45pm
Again Ijaz Shah, what an irony by IK.
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Apr 18, 2019 11:46pm
PTI also blames the previous PP government for the economic fiasco then how come Hafeez Sheikh is coming aboard as advisor on Finance to PM,
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Apr 18, 2019 11:47pm
Bad move for the country Fawad Chaudhary is least qualified to be to be minister of Science and Technology.
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Apr 18, 2019 11:49pm
Failure is the first step towards success. As a agile coach they teach that If you fail you should fail early rather than riding it out for years and then failing jeopardizing your entire project. I still think Pakistan needs likes of Shaukat aziz. We are being economically isolated by a design. During this tough time we need a strong Negotiator and not necessarily some one with loads of finance experience. Shaukat Aziz and his likes that were considered as the master negotiators during Musharaff times is what Pakistan needs.
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Apr 19, 2019 12:07am
Isn't it so soon?
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Apr 19, 2019 12:36am
The new cabinet looks like a hybrid of Musharraf and PPP.
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Apr 19, 2019 12:39am
From my experience, you can bring in the Governor of the Bank of England to run the country of Pakistan's finances but as long as people continue to evade tax, take kickbacks, look after their own, rob, pillage and loot the system, you have no chance of succeeding.
The mentality must change. It must come from within each and everyone and the last 25-30 years have shown that there is not cats hell in chance that, that is going to happen anytime soon....
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Apr 19, 2019 12:41am
Change for good. Good luck to PM IK. Keep it up.
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Apr 19, 2019 12:44am
It mean Pakistan needs visionary and competent leader, not only honest leader. If honest leader don’t have vision, plan, strategy and team, he will not be able to change any thing. PM IK has shown desire to follow model of China, Malaysia and Turkey. He himself doesn’t have any thing except honesty.
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Apr 19, 2019 12:47am
The former PPP advisor of the last tenure is now our Finance minister. Imran Khan is doing another U turn by appointing former PPP top guys as his ministers.
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Apr 19, 2019 12:56am
First cabinet reshuffle means unsatisfactory performance by cabinet members. Second cabinet reshuffle would automatically mean unsatisfactory performance by PM Imran Khan. Expect second cabinet reshuffle after dissatisfaction with the budget of 2019.
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Apr 19, 2019 12:59am
@Deccan Hyderabadi Muslim, replaced by whom
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Apr 19, 2019 01:00am
So, no finance minister but just an advisor and guess finance portfolio will be with IK.
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Apr 19, 2019 01:02am
So same old zardari economic policies, old wine is new bottle
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Apr 19, 2019 01:15am
Hafeez Sheikh is a IMF man. He has no votes nor is he responsible to the Pakistani people. I am really really sad: not for Asad Umar but that we have now this Hafeez Sheikh to deal with.
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Apr 19, 2019 01:36am
More Musharraf ministers. Old Pakistan is very much alive in the cabinet. Dream of Naya Pakistan crumbling.
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Apr 19, 2019 01:37am
Please add name of Panjab CM in this reshuffling process better for the party .
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Apr 19, 2019 01:42am
@Deccan Hyderabadi Muslim, why dont u mind your own business
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Apr 19, 2019 01:47am
Excellent Imran Khan ,you stand behind you .
Huge respect for Asad Umar . His efforts will bear fruits InshaALLAH for economic stability.
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Apr 19, 2019 02:00am
Changing will produce good result.
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Apr 19, 2019 02:14am
Good move
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Apr 19, 2019 02:20am
Is this PPP without Zardari
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Apr 19, 2019 02:23am
First time happened in Pakistan minister accountable to his own govt....
Thank you PM, you changed the whole perception.
You are in team only if you perform well.
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Apr 19, 2019 02:36am
@Suryaputra,
You forget the number of cabinet reshuffles Modi has done.
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Apr 19, 2019 02:48am
@Shyam Bhagat, "in this way IK will not complete its term" if Zardari can complete 5 years PmLN can do it. Why not IK. Do u remember last two terms where so media hype was created everyday of government failure.
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Apr 19, 2019 02:54am
Then wo will be finance minister. Dr Abdul Haffiz is simply on board as an advisor. Most others are from past governments. How come no new blood. Chaudhry's ouster is a welcome news as lies will stop in future [hopefully..
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Apr 19, 2019 03:06am
Imran should realize by now that there is a big difference between leading a cricket team and a country...
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Apr 19, 2019 03:10am
@Shahid, You have no clue what you talking about... At least you can agree he is sincere to Pakistan. You cannot say that about last two Goverment.
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Apr 19, 2019 03:30am
Chaudhary should have never been in the Cabinet.
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Apr 19, 2019 03:33am
All previously tried faces. Seems there is a lack of expertise in every department.
Bring Shaukat Aziz back. He is an excellent economist.
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Apr 19, 2019 03:49am
Good moves so far. Let's hope for the best now. The new Finance Minister really has a lot on his plate. Boosting Pakistan's economy, getting us out of the debt trap and at the same time ensuring the masses ate not exploited or overburdened by taxes and inflationary costs. Wishing him luck.
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Apr 19, 2019 03:54am
@Shahid, I really oppose the reappointment of Azam Swati, who has shown himself to be against the very basis of PTI ideology. People like him shouldn't be encouraged. I'm sure PM could've got someone better from his team ? He should seriously reconsider this appointment.
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Apr 19, 2019 03:59am
Those who have never served PTI are now running PTI government !
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Apr 19, 2019 04:01am
@Vikas, shame on you , try to work for your India !
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Apr 19, 2019 04:02am
New Team, Naya Pakistan go hand in hand. Thank you captain and now lets make it win-win
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Apr 19, 2019 04:08am
@Anti-Corruption_Pakistani, well said. But your hope for a bright morning after this ongoing nightmare created by this team of incompetent & inept people through their inexperience & lack of knowhow to governance issues, being omnipresent in future, will remain a pipe dream.These difficult times are far from being over, & country remaining in economic straitjacket, continuing its downhill slide in foreseeable future too, will create painfull financial miseries & hardships for common man on the street.
This reshuffle apparantly was in the air for quite sometime and by no means is the end of the story. The nation should brace itself for more such happening in the near future when the pace of implementation of IMF sought reform regime sets in, & create domino effect to all country’s social sectors. With empty treasury, low revenues, high fiscal & C/A deficit, falling GDP & high inflation eating away people’s meager earnings, the nation is heading towards a very rough ride in the future
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Apr 19, 2019 04:09am
As an information minister he did not know much except slandering the opposition, maybe his skills are suitable for science and technology.
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Apr 19, 2019 04:10am
Any one who threatens or fail to deliver should be removed from team. This system is a failure because it prevents bringing technocrats for the job.
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Apr 19, 2019 04:11am
Abdul Hafeez is a great choice. Does this mean PM plans to keep finance ministry with himself?
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Apr 19, 2019 04:12am
@Deccan Hyderabadi Muslim, please go vote Modi then.
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Apr 19, 2019 04:24am
A non performer is assigned science and technology ministry. For IK technology is not important. Very disappointed with IK visions.
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Apr 19, 2019 04:28am
A cabinet shuffle is normal and often happens in developed countries too. People need to relax
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Apr 19, 2019 04:37am
Now the electronic media & the opposition will be after the PTI government to create a 4 sided triangle.
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Apr 19, 2019 04:54am
Excellent decision IK. That is the IK we know and we want. Lead from the front. Long Live Pakistan.
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Apr 19, 2019 05:26am
Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh looks like Chevy Chase.
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Apr 19, 2019 05:30am
@Naeem, Yeh more time until they destroy everything, what an idiotic logic, bravo.
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Apr 19, 2019 05:37am
Should Fawad be scared of Science & Technology or is it the other way round? Theory of relativity according to FC.
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Apr 19, 2019 05:48am
Poorly executed change by IK, yet another example that IK get influenced by WRONG people and/or he cannot face criticism for the right reasons. Losing Asad Umar is a loss for PAKISTAN. BTW, major disappointment to a supporter of IK and PTI.
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Apr 19, 2019 05:49am
Excellent changes by IK. IK's experience in bringing bowling changes on right time have won innumerable matches for Pakistan. Surely these changes will also bring victory both economically and security wise for Pakistan. A change in PM would have been even more better.
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Apr 19, 2019 05:51am
Does Fawad Chaudhry have any experience in this new field of government?
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Apr 19, 2019 06:05am
Faisal Vawda knew about this change therefore he announced that there will be such a spurt of employment opportunities in the next couple of weeks that there will be more jobs than people needing them.
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Apr 19, 2019 06:18am
Does Fawad even know how to spell technology? His hilarious waffles as the voice of the government were like an episode of fifty fifty, Mr Omar has done irreplaceable damage to the economy if he hadn’t been oustered he would have run with the wind.
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Apr 19, 2019 06:26am
Too many changes too quickly only shows the captain is confused!. Not good for the health of the nation!. It will send weak and confusing signals to everyone!
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Apr 19, 2019 06:28am
The former information minister has now been assigned the portfolio of minister for science and technology were he must stick to scientific facts.
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Apr 19, 2019 06:35am
Fawad Chaudhry had too much to say about too many people.
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Apr 19, 2019 06:35am
PPP were having great people it seems as IK gifting them plum post. Azam Swati is representative of Wadheras.
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Apr 19, 2019 07:02am
@Suryaputra,
"This happens when small people occupies big posts."
It's actually quite amusing that after all these months, that one comment still causes you guys such a burn.
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Apr 19, 2019 07:15am
@Zoraiz Zafar, At making an even bigger mess?
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Apr 19, 2019 07:24am
nice step but i wanted to see mian atif ....
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Apr 19, 2019 07:34am
Changing finance minister will not help.........There are structural cracks in Pakistani economy......
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Apr 19, 2019 07:35am
Dearth of qualification, experience and caliber at its best- evidenced by appointment of Hafeez Sheikh as Finance Minister by two opponent governments and with a different portfolio by another government with no previous achievement to show for it!!
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Apr 19, 2019 07:41am
What scientific qualification does Mr. Fawad Chaudhary have to be the science and technology minister? Unless and until this inept and corrupt and nepotism causing mentally doesn't end, PTI will keep on digging a deeper hole for themselves.
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Apr 19, 2019 08:03am
Reinstating corrupt Azam Swati is a bad move.
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Apr 19, 2019 08:04am
Tabdeli of PM is need of the hour .. someone rightly said in comments "Time of shuffling bowlers or batting order has passed"
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Apr 19, 2019 08:05am
Are IK policies of governing is not similar to Trump, changes / hiring and firing every now and then. Both have failed in running their respective countries
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Apr 19, 2019 08:08am
Long before PTI came to power, they used to say they have a great team in place and would change the shape of the country in no time. That great team is withering away slowly but surely. Maybe the enormity of the task got to them, the country's institutions are hallowed to the bare bones over the past 5 decades, its too big a task to ask of one team to fix so quickly. I say this because no one can point me one single error or mistake of Asad Umar in his 8 months as FM. Also its encouraging that nothing is permanent here, everyone can be changed if it means there can be betterment.
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Apr 19, 2019 08:09am
@Shyam Bhagat, you should reserve this comment for modi
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Apr 19, 2019 08:10am
@Suryaputra, what do you have to say about modi
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Apr 19, 2019 08:20am
Next step is PM replacement
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Apr 19, 2019 08:24am
Nothing wrong with trying to improve and make changes. Its better than keeping Shabaz or hanging on to Ishaq Dar despite downward spiral of the economy.
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Apr 19, 2019 08:24am
Great changes ,Atleast all pakistani friends can hope for better housing and security facilities, Your new interior minister has great reputation of providing those mostly to foriegnors.......And psst.....No one will know too
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Apr 19, 2019 08:29am
The reshuffle likely will send out a very unsettling feeling to the PTI nation.
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Apr 19, 2019 08:40am
Asad Umar was a misfit for this position from beginning . He should be either FM or Petroleum Energy Minister .
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Apr 19, 2019 09:06am
If performace is criteria then you will expect chages for those who are not performing. If plundering and looting is the aim then obviously no changes needed.
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Apr 19, 2019 09:08am
Good love Imran Khan
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Apr 19, 2019 09:12am
bad leader !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! bad team
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Apr 19, 2019 09:14am
What can we expect from Fawad on science and technologies ?
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Apr 19, 2019 09:15am
It's normal to have such a change when people's expectations are so high. This shpws that the PM is keen to show results. During previous governments there were rarely such changes because people never had expectations and the government's vision was nothing more than to keep a status co.
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Apr 19, 2019 09:19am
Good move!!! No need for experience on respective post ; He Use past technic on this ground
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Apr 19, 2019 09:28am
Pakistani economy is like a car with punctured tyres and a misfiring engine. Just by changing the driver won't make much difference. You need an expert mechanic to deal with the situation first and a driver at the same time.
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Apr 19, 2019 09:29am
what is the difference between Nawaz and Imran now? No Full Finance Minister? No Petroleum Minister? Everything in you own hands?? IK , now is the time to sop talking and start working
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Apr 19, 2019 09:32am
Zero plus zero plus zero equals zero
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Apr 19, 2019 09:38am
What is going on with the reshuffling of cabinet ministers.
Sometime it looks better but PM IM should be careful about this all. People expectations are too high.
Wonder if Fawad Ch is fit for Ministry of Science and Technology. This is a high tech subject for Research & Development of all Appliances, especially Trade and Businesses.
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Apr 19, 2019 09:41am
Fawad as Minister for Science is Tech is a joke of the milenium
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Apr 19, 2019 09:47am
Good luck with the new changes. Hope for the best.
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Apr 19, 2019 09:50am
Fawad Chaudhary could be food minister!
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Apr 19, 2019 09:57am
So PMP economist back as foreign minister. Tells u that PMP had a good finance ministry and sound economic policies
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Apr 19, 2019 10:01am
These changes shows Premier means business. Unlike other parties where personalities matter but yesterday marks the new beginning and lesson for others who still survive the first heat.
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Apr 19, 2019 10:04am
@Zoraiz Zafar, "The good part is that the fear of being axed will make new and existing ministers work even harder."
you are not running a private company but a government,now the message going down the line is we dont have patience,you need to fix the economic chaos of decades in few months which never happens.People will be more reluctant to take decisions and whatever they take will be for result in short term which is more bad for your country.
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Apr 19, 2019 10:10am
What is Fawad Choudhray's background in Science and Technology??? Has IK completely lost his mind???
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Apr 19, 2019 10:12am
Ik has to eat his own words..he is looking clueless and exposed!
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Apr 19, 2019 10:22am
same old face as Finance minister served PPP govt.in the past...Petroleum adviser defaulter of SNGPL. removal Asad Umar at this stage is very bad for economy..
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Apr 19, 2019 10:23am
@Dr.Ali, well said. Realistically speaking, the game of musical chairs has started. A team comprising of inexperienced and inept members who are not well equipped with knowhow of governance issues, will remain a failure whatever portfolios IK assigns to them. In effect, the real test will begin when IMF bailout package demands are implemented and starts biting those very PTI supporters who till now are waiting for fulfillment of its 11 points manifesto, including vanished social uplift program.
Notwithstanding, this reshuffle which is a trailer of many more such happening in the near future, is a prelude of other such desperate moves, providing nothing more than a temporary breathing space. In the meantime economic juggernaut will continue catching on & making livelihood of poor and low income groups more difficult & unsustainable. One never knows how long it may take to revive our sick economy, but for sure, the real count down will just begin with the execution of IMF agreement.
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Apr 19, 2019 10:30am
The transactions mentioned under Dr Hafeez leadership wasnt done during his period as Finance Minister, but his role as a Minster of Privitisation and Investment which he hold during 2002-2005.
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Apr 19, 2019 10:32am
@topbrass, you are joking
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Apr 19, 2019 10:42am
@M. Saeed , Is he elected MNA or Senator, according to constitution he has to hold these positions to become MNA and must be from ruling party. He is the best option for this post. To be honest he will not accept such things as government is too dumb to understand his intellect.
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Apr 19, 2019 10:43am
So the Naya Pakistan has same old Finance Minster from PPP who had never delivered as per IK. Interesting progress.
Old wine in new bottle
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Apr 19, 2019 10:44am
I hope you remember the corruption, money laundering and economic mismanagement by PPP Ministers and have not forgotten it like Mr. Imran Khan has. AZAM SWATI, sent home by the Supreme Court, has also been included in the cabinet by the Skipper. Of course the ELITE and its ruthless capture of Pakistan knows no ethics and no legal boundaries.
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Apr 19, 2019 10:47am
If we think about Pakistan and merit,Dr Atta Ur Rehman seem to be best as Minister for Science and Technology, but we had Mr Nawaz Khokhar,Mr Swati and now Chaudhry Fawad.There is no difference between IK,Nawaz and Zardari and Pakistan at loss. We are not concerned about our future.Great going.
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Apr 19, 2019 11:00am
@Deccan Hyderabadi Muslim, You focus on Modi and your elections!
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Apr 19, 2019 11:01am
Everyone is impressed by New Interior minister credentials.
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Apr 19, 2019 11:19am
Bad appointments all around . IK is not the messiah which we thought he was.
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Apr 19, 2019 11:20am
Asad is an intelligent man and knows FATF blacklisting is coming as concerned people do not intend to take actions against banned entities & person and neither IMF loan is coming and things will go to worse. So before ship sink, he decided to move on and likely will become CEO of PIA kind of organization.
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Apr 19, 2019 11:28am
@Raja_Idrees, IK does not HAVE a team. Most of these are now borrowed.
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Apr 19, 2019 11:28am
The asking rate is too high, it is not possible for any normal batsmen to achieve the target. At this point in time Pakistan need someone of the caliber of Dr. Manmohan Singh to change the financial course otherwise Pakistan is headed for economic disaster.
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Apr 19, 2019 11:28am
Dr sheikh does not have majic wand in his hand. We have to correct ourselves. We have spend as per our earnings.
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Apr 19, 2019 11:43am
Cabinet reshuffles happens across the world. Its a welcome and refreshing change. People will know that their jobs are on the line if they don't make improvements. I am sure if necessary, Imran Khan wouldn't hesitate to step down. However, why should he when its not even been a year for him in power while others have spent over 30 years and done nothing at all. Atleast he is trying. Give him time.
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Apr 19, 2019 11:45am
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results.
What’s the point in shuffling the pack, if all in the cards are Jokers!
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Apr 19, 2019 11:53am
IK need expertise of expats not tried politicians.
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Apr 19, 2019 12:14pm
No mention of new Finance Minister as yet who must be an experienced Technocrat. Our economy can't afford another experiment. Any intention of holding this most sensitive and important portfolio by the PM at this critical juncture would be another disaster. Bringing back Azam Swati is an utter disappointment. Is he another Wasim Akram ++
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Apr 19, 2019 12:18pm
Some scapegoats have to be prepared for the slaughter.
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Apr 19, 2019 12:26pm
It looks the PM has not learnt lessons from his mistakes. No mention of suitable replacement of Assad Umar will cost PTI dearly.
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Apr 19, 2019 12:28pm
It is a sign of change that if you are not as expected for the country you will be reassigned
These are excellent steps by PM Khan. He has the guts to make strong and difficult decisions, unlike many other.
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Apr 19, 2019 12:44pm
This reshuffle is not right too. Don’t you the ministers should have relavent experience of the industry?
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Apr 19, 2019 12:47pm
Running a sick economy is different from running an already profit making Engro chemicals.
How can a man was given a task to run finance ministry of a country when he had no previous experience?
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Apr 19, 2019 01:48pm
What other options has he got when more than 90 percent of the so-called "movers and shakers" of his party are in essence, ex members of the former PPP, PML(N), ANP or Musharraf party turncoats, who switched over their loyalties for protecting, reinforcing and consolidating their personal, family, financial, political, social, cultural, economic and vested interests?
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Apr 19, 2019 02:01pm
As the minister of Science and Technology, Fawad Chaudhry will now "scientifically" prove that Nawaz Sharif's heart surgery in London was fake.
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Apr 19, 2019 03:24pm
@Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad,
What other options do they have at this crucial juncture in time and history?
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Apr 19, 2019 03:56pm
@Deccan Hyderabadi Muslim, Only Selectors may change the Captain. But funny remark, all the same.
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Apr 19, 2019 03:56pm
Why so many changes at one go?
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Apr 20, 2019 12:25am
@Ash Man , A good kaptaan reshuffles till he finds the optimum performing team. Just wait the 5 years, see the results. Btw no corruption accusations or scandals.
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Apr 20, 2019 04:52am
And here I was defending PEMRA's notice to ARY and BOL on their 'fake news on possible reshuffle of 5 ministers'. Guess the news wasn't so fake after all, was it?
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Apr 20, 2019 08:12am
@Asif Raza, I think soon Imran will get ishaq Daar as finance secretery
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Apr 20, 2019 08:14am
@Awaz...., did Pakistan ever made any people
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Apr 20, 2019 08:17am
@Jinnah , a real Imran Khan supporter-. IK won WC 92 because of Javed Miandad-. If you don’t believe go and see states. But what he got in his regimen.
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Apr 20, 2019 08:21am
@abc, soon you will see Ishaq Daar back as secretary of finance.. because he
IK is a paper tiger.
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Apr 20, 2019 08:25am
@ABDALJABBAR HUSAYN, because USA is not going to give you any money as well as Trump is president and not let get Pakistan money from IMF or other country.
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Apr 20, 2019 12:59pm
Cabinet was reshuffled for the benefit of Imran Khan and one of these days he might also end up being reshuffled.
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Apr 20, 2019 03:39pm
Lets hope this new cabinets makes the Naya Pakistan more successful.
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Apr 20, 2019 08:01pm
Honestly, what does he know about Science & Technology
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Apr 21, 2019 10:22am
When small people occupies big post then what good can be expected for the country. Time and again IK proved he is capable for running a cricket team not a country.
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