Hafeez Shaikh, Asim Hussain made ministers again

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Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Friday advised the president to approve the de-notification of the appointment of Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh as adviser to the PM with the status of federal minister in terms of Article 93 of the constitution read with Serial no10 of Schedule V-B to the Rules of Business, 1973.
The passage of the 20th Constitutional Amendment Act validated the election process of the members of Senate/National Assembly which were elected after April 19, 2010 and they are to be restored to their actual positions. Dr Hafeez Shaikh has also been re-elected as senator.
In the same process, the prime minister advised the president to discontinue the appointment of Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh as adviser to the PM as he had been restored as the minister of finance, revenue, planning and development, economic affairs and statistics on February 28, 2012, the date on which the 20th Amendment came into force. The prime minister also restored Dr Asim Hussain to the status of federal minister by approving the de-notification of his appointment as special assistant to the prime minister with the status of federal minister
“The passage of the 20th Constitutional Amendment Act validated the election process of the members of Senate/National Assembly which were elected after April 19, 2010 and they are to be restored to their actual positions,” an official statement said.