ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Friday gave Defense Minister Khurrram Dastagir Khan the additional portfolio of foreign affairs.
Khan will take on the responsibilities of former Foreign Minister Khawaja Mohammad Asif who was disqualified from being a member of the parliament by a Pakistani court late last month for not disclosing a foreign source of income.
“The prime minister has been pleased to assign, with immediate effect, the additional portfolio of foreign affairs to Eng. Khurram Dastgir Khan, federal minister for Defense,” the prime minister’s office said.
Khan is assuming the foreign ministry office as the ruling party of ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif prepares to face new elections in late July.
Khan is considered one of the close confidants of the ousted prime minister.
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Pakistan gives defense minister second post of foreign affairs
Pakistan gives defense minister second post of foreign affairs
- Pakistan’s premier assigned the Foreign Ministry portfolio to Khurram Dastgir after Khawaja Asif was ousted from the position last month
- Khan is considered one of the close confidants of the ousted prime minister
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