Caretaker PM briefed on foreign affairs

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs briefed Caretaker Prime Minister Justice (retd) Nasir ul Mulk on issues of foreign policy here at the PM Office.

Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua and senior officials of the ministry gave the briefing.

After assuming the charge, the first order that PM Mulk issued was to remove senior bureaucrat Fawad Hasan Fawad from the post of the ‘secretary to PM’ and to appoint the Cabinet Division secretary Mirza Suhail Aamir in his place.

Mirza Suhail Aamir, the new secretary to PM, has previously performed duties as secretary Religious Affairs, and secretary Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource in the PML-N government.

Nasirul Mulk will stay in the office for two months and quit the charge as soon as an elected PM is sworn into the office after the general election scheduled for July 25. The caretaker premier is expected to finalise his cabinet soon by picking candidates of his choice for relevant ministerial portfolios.

After he took the charge, PM Mulk said he would make sure holding the elections on time and in a transparent manner. He also added that he will act within his mandate and the responsibility he has been given.

He further said the government would support the Election Commission of Pakistan to conduct free and fair elections as scheduled.

Nasirul Mulk is the seventh caretaker prime minister of the country. He was unanimously nominated as caretaker prime minister by the outgoing government and opposition.