ISLAMABAD: Former finance minister Shaukat Tareen has declined government’s offer of making him the finance adviser, saying that he will not take the job till appeals in the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) cases against him are effective. Well-informed sources confided to Pakistan Today that Tarin had been offered the post of finance adviser by a key government figure. According to sources, key government figure had contacted former finance minister Tarin and offered him the post of the finance adviser. The final decision on the appointment of Shaukat Tarin as a financial adviser will be taken by Prime Minister Imran Khan,” the source said. He has been made finance minister in view of the two budgets presented by him.

Source: Pakistan Today March 31, 2021 16:16 UTC