PML-Q's Chaudhry Salik appointed CPEC Authority chief

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday appointed PML-Q MNA Chaudhry Salik Hussain as China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority chairman, ARY News reported.

Chaudhry Salik Hussain has replaced Khalid Mansoor as CPEC authority chief.

The appointment comes after PML-Q parliamentarian on Friday morning took as federal cabinet minister.

Those members who took oath as ministers include PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain’s son Chaudhry Salik Hussain, PML-N’s Mian Javed Latif and  Balochistan National Party-Mengal’s Agha Hassan Baloch, Hashim Notezai.

President Arif Alvi administered the oath to the newly inducted federal ministers in the swearing-in held at the Aiwan-e-Sadr. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was also present on the occasion.

It is pertinent to mention here that Chaudhry Salik Hussain is the son of Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, President of PMLQ, a former allied party of the Imran Khan government.

Former president Asif Ali Zardari, a day earlier, met Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain to seek his consent for inclusion of his son in the federal cabinet.

Following are the names of the cabinet members:

• Khawaja Muhammad Asif, MNA
• Ahsan Iqbal Chaudhary, MNA
• Rana Sana Ullah Khan, MNA
• Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, MNA
• Rana Tanveer Hussain. MNA
• Khurrum Dastagir Khan, MNA
• Marriyum Aurangzeb, MNA
• Khawaja Saad Rafique, MNA
• Mian Javed Latif, MNA
• Mian Riaz Hussain Pirzada. MNA
• Murtaza Javed Abbasi, MNA
• Miftah Ismail
• Azam Nazeer Tarar, Senator
• Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah, MNA
• Syed Naveed Qamar, MNA
• Sherry Rehman, Senator
• Abdul Qadir Patel, MNA
• Shazia Marri, MNA
• Syed Murtaza Mahmud, MNA
• Sajid Hussain Turi, MNA
• Ehsan ur Rehman Mazari, MNA
• Abid Hussain Bhayo, MNA
• Asad Mahmood, MNA
• Abdul Wasay, MNA
• Mufti Abdul Shakoor, MNA
• Muhammad Talha Mahmood, Senator
• Syed Amin-ul-Haque, MNA
• Syed Faisal Ali Subzwari, Senator
• Muhammad Israr Tareen, MNA
• Nawabzada Shazain Bugti, MNA
• Chaudhary Tariq Bashir Cheema, MNA
• Chaudhry Salik Hussain, MNA
• Agha Hassan Baloch, MNA

Ministers of state

• Dr. Aisha Ghaus Pasha, MNA
• Hashim Notezai
• Hina Rabbani Khar, MNA
• Abdul Rehman Khan Kanju, MNA

Advisers to the PM

• Awn Chaudhry
• Amir Muqam
• Qamar Zaman Kaira