On April 16, the former finance minister Hammad Azhar was assigned the Energy Ministry. In his place, Shaukat Tarin, a former finance minister under the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) government, has been appointed. This is now the fourth finance minister the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government has appointed since 2018. In July 2009, he was elected as a senator from Sindh, and became the federal finance minister. Citing the problems associated with the case, Tarin asked for the case to be dismissed before he takes up the job of finance minister.

Source: Pakistan Today April 16, 2021 14:48 UTC