He was appoin­ted to the post by PM Imran on April 27Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Senator Shibli Faraz was sworn in as the new information minister on Tuesday, in a ceremony held at the President House. On April 27, Prime Minister Imran Khan appointed Senator Faraz as the new information minister and Lt-Gen (retd) Asim Saleem Bajwa as his special assistant on information and broadcasting. PM Imran appoints Faraz-Bajwa duo at information ministry’s helmThrough another notification, the prime minister appointed Lt. General (Rtd) Asim Saleem Bajwa as Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting, in an honorary capacity, with immediate effect. Earlier, Science and Technology Minister Fawad Chaudhry, who was the first information minister of the PTI government, broke the news of the latest cabinet change. “Making Shibli Faraz as the information minister will send a good message to party workers,” he added.

Source: The Express Tribune April 28, 2020 07:41 UTC