In a huge turn of events, Prime Minister Imran Khan has selected Senator Shibli Faraz as Information Minister and Lieutenant-General (r) Asim Saleem Bajwa as his extraordinary associate on data and broadcasting, supplanting Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan.
The Prime Minister office gave two separate notices, first to affirm the evacuation of Dr. Firdous Ashiq and second for the arrangement of the Shibli-Asim team to the steerage.
The principal warning read:
The Prime Minister has been satisfied to expel Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan from the workplace of Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting, with prompt impact.
Through another roundabout, the head reported Lt. General (Rtd) Asim Bajwa’s arrangement in this limit.
PTI MNAs Delighted
In front of the proper arrangements, Federal Minister for Science and Technology, Fawad Chaudhry, who was the main Information Minister for PTI government, broke the news on media, inviting the ‘positive’ change.
Executive can all the more likely tell the genuine purposes for the move yet PTI laborers are upbeat that an old gathering face has been made the data serve.
He said that the arrangement of Shibli Faraz as the data priest will send a decent message to party laborers, including that Faraz and Bajwa will make a decent group.
Government Minister for Human Rights, Shireen Mazari likewise complimented Shibli Faraz for his arrangement on the post. She said that Faraz was an old face of PTI and can run the service in a superior manner.
Explanations for the Ouster of Awan
In spite of the fact that there is an official articulation yet to come, sources inside media houses uncovered that Awan was blamed for attempting to make sure about a 1o percent commission from the administration’s ad spending plan. She is likewise blamed for off the beaten path arrangements in PTV and keeping two body-monitors without consent.
Dr. Awan Reacts to the Development
In the interim, Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan, in a tweet, expressed gratitude toward PM Imran Khan for the chance and said that she had played out her obligations to the best of her abilities over the time of one year. She likewise invited Khan’s choice, saying that it was Prime Minister’s privilege to pick which player of the group would play at what batting request.
Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan, a sturdy of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), joined PTI in 2017, only one year before coming into power. She lost the political race from Sialkot yet was designated Advisor to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting in April 2019, supplanting Fawad Chaudhry.