LAHORE: PTI lawmaker Fayyazul Hasan Chohan has been removed as Punjab’s information minister.
Firdous Ashiq Awan, who previously served as the prime minister’s special assistant on information, has been appointed as the special assistant to Chief Minister Usman Buzdar.
According to a notification issued by the Punjab government today, two other ministers along with Chohan have been removed.
The notification further said that Chohan will remain the minister for colonies, while Punjab’s information department will also be headed by Awan.
On a social media website Twitter, Awan said, “I am greatly humbled and honored with the confidence that my great leader Imran Khan has shown in myself and my ability. I am also deeply thankful to the honourable CM Punjab for making me a part of his team. I will do my level best to honour this call to duty,” she added.
I am greatly humbled and honored with the confidence that my great leader Imran Khan has shown in myself and my ability. I am also deeply thankful to the honourable CM Punjab for making me a part of his team. I will do my level best to honour this call to duty. pic.twitter.com/97OhvWKx1d
— Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan (@Dr_FirdousAwan) November 2, 2020
The other two ministers removed by the provincial government are Mehar Muhammad Aslam Bharwana, who was the minister for cooperatives, and Zawar Hussain Warraich, the minister for prisons.
This is the second time that the minister has been removed from his portfolio after the Punjab government reappointed Chohan as the provincial information minister in 2019. He had to resign as the information minister in March over his anti-Hindu remarks.
The PTI lawmaker had come under severe criticism after a video of him making the remarks had gone viral on social media.
When asked about the move, the minister said that he has no clue about it.
FC looks shocked after the bolt from the blue pic.twitter.com/B55mABTVoh
— Salman Masood (@salmanmasood) November 2, 2020
