Parliamentary secretaries

Published July 25, 2008

ISLAMABAD, July 24: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani appointed 14 parliamentary secretaries on Thursday.

The parliamentary secretaries, belonging to the Pakistan People’s Party, are: Mehreen Razzak Bhutto (health), Chaudhry Saeed Iqbal (communications), Ijaz Virk (petroleum), Rai Mujtaba Kharal (interior), Azeem Daultana (information), Nawab Liaquat Hussain (food and agriculture), Sajjadul Hassan (finance), Dost Mohammad Mazari (water and power), Abdus Sattar (planning and development), Sheikh Nauman Islam (railways), Ramesh Lal (tourism), Noor Alam Khan (commerce), Mehboobullah Jan (religious affairs) and Zille Huma (women’s division).

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