Shaukat Yousafzai removed as K-P information minister

PESHAWAR: The provincial government Tuesday changed the portfolio of the Information Minister Shaukat Yousafzai and Adviser to Chief Minister on merged areas Ajmal Wazir has been made adviser on information and public relations.

The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Chief Minister Mahmood Khan issued a notification in this regard. Yousafzai has been assigned the new portfolio of Labour and Culture.

Speaking to media, Shaukat Yousafzai said that he had requested the chief minister for changing his portfolio which was accepted. "I wanted to give time to people of constituency but it was not possible due to workload at the Information Ministry," he added.

The newly appointed labour and culture minister said he would always support CM Mahmood Khan.

The provincial government in a surprising move in January this year had removed three ministers — Muhammad Atif Khan, Shahram Khan Tarakai and Shakeel Ahmad — from the cabinet for their alleged attempt to remove Chief Minister Mahmood Khan.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 4^th, 2020.