Hafeez Shaikh given additional charge of Revenue Division
Shaikh was previously serving as an Advisor to the Prime Minister on Finance.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Federal Finance Minister Hafeez Shaikh has been given additional charge of the Revenue Division on Monday.
According to a notification issued on Monday, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday assigned the additional portfolio of Revenue Division to Minister of Finance Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh with immediate effect.
On December 10, President Dr. Arif Alvi administered the oath to Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh at a ceremony at Aiwan-e-Sadr.
Shaikh was previously serving as an Advisor to the Prime Minister on Finance. He had been handed the portfolio of the finance ministry.
The move comes following the Islamabad High Court (IHC) decision on the inclusion of advisors and special assistants in cabinet committees.
IHC had ruled that unelected advisers and special assistants could not head government’s committees and has barred Advisor to Prime Minister Imran Khan on Finance and Revenue Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh from heading the Cabinet Committee on Privatisation (CCoP).
