PM makes changes in federal cabinet

F.P. Report

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday reshuffled his cabinet with addition of new members including ministers and advisers, besides changing the portfolios of a few.

The portfolio of Federal Minister for National Food Security was given to Syed Fakhar Imam, while Khusru Bakhtiyar was appointed as Federal Min-ister for Economic Affairs, Hammad Azhar as Federal Minister for Industries, A-zam Sawati as Federal Mi-nister for Narcotics Control and Amin-ul Haq as Fede-ral Minister for Telecom.

Babar Awan was appointed Adviser for Parliamentary Affairs while Mohammad Shahzad Arbab was removed as Adviser.

The prime minister also accepted the resignation of Khalid Maqbool Siddique as federal minister.

Secretary Ministry of National Food Security and Research Hashim Popalzai was removed from his post and replaced by Omar Hameed.