ISLAMABAD – President Dr Arif Alvi on Friday approved appointment of Brigadier (r) Ijaz Shah as federal minister for parliamentary affairs.
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry, in a tweet Friday, confirmed that Shah’s appointment was approved by President Alvi on the recommendation of Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Shah is a Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) MNA elected from the constituency of NA-118, Nankana Sahib-II. He had defeated rival Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz candidate Shezra Mansab Ali Khan Kharal in a close contest by securing 63,818 votes.
Shah, who had been a trusted aide of former president Pervez Musharraf, also served as Director General of Intelligence Bureau (IB) from 2004 to 2008, and was accused of using the IB for political victimisation.
Slain PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto had named him in a letter as someone who should be investigated if she was assassinated. She suspected him to be conspiring to eliminate her, but he was never implicated in her assassination case.
