Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MNA from Nankana Sahib, Brigadier Ijaz Ahmed Shah (retd) has been appointed as federal minister for parliamentary affairs on Friday. Prime Minister Imran Khan had earlier approved a summary for naming Shah as a member of his federal cabinet. Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry confirmed that the appointment was approved by President Dr Arif Alvi on the recommendation of Prime Minister Imran Khan. The information minister said Ijaz Shah would perform his duties as federal minister for parliamentary affairs.
The new federal minister has a strong background of military service. Shah is a former Pakistan Army officer who had been retired as brigadier and performed his duties as Sector Commander of Military Intelligence (MI) in Punjab. He was an aide of former President Pervez Musharraf and served as director general of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) from 2004 to 2008.
Shah contested election for NA-118 (Nankana Sahib-II) and defeated rival Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz candidate in a close contest by securing 63,818 votes followed by PML-N's Shezra Mansab Ali Khan Kharal with 61,413 votes. Earlier, Prime Minister Imran Khan has promoted Murad Saeed as a federal minister on December 14 last year. Prior to his promotion, Murad Saeed had been performing duties as state minister for communications and postal services.
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