ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Commerce, Industries, and Production Gohar Ejaz was given the additional Interior Ministry responsibility by acting prime minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar on Wednesday.
“The Prime Minister, in terms of rule 3(4) of the Rules of Business, 1973, has been pleased to assign the portfolio of Interior to Mr [Gohar] Ejaz […] with immediate effect,” the notification from the cabinet division stated.
This comes after former interior minister Sarfraz Bugti resigned from his position on December 13 citing personal reasons.
Then, according to sources cited by Geo News, Bugti had made the decision two months earlier to step down from the important ministry in order to run in the general elections scheduled for February 8.
The senator quickly announced his resignation and joined the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), which is run by Bilawal Bhutto.
Following Bugti’s departure, lobbying for a new interior minister began, and Ejaz was appointed.
It was previously stated by Geo News that a retired general or a former police inspector general would be named the new interior minister in light of the nation’s present terrorist crisis.
