New portfo­lios announ­ced hours after Asad Umar announ­ced his remova­l as financ­e minist­erThe Prime Minister’s Office announced a major reshuffle of the federal cabinet on Thursday, with key portfolios of finance, information, health and petroleum division seeing new faces. After General Musharraf declared himself President, Shaikh was appointed minister for finance, planning and development for Sindh. Shaikh’s three years as the federal minister for privatisation and investment were considered most successful in Pakistan’s history. His last assignment was as the federal minister for finance in the last Pakistan Peoples Party government. Though Shaikh remained finance minister between 2010 and 2013, he was unsuccessful in steering the economy out of crisis.

Source: The Express Tribune April 18, 2019 19:18 UTC