Gilani confers minister status on Sherry Rehman

Pakistani Ambassador to the US Sherry Rehman. - File Photo

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday conferred the status of Federal Minister on Excellency Ms. Sherry Rehman, Ambassador of Pakistan to the US.

The Cabinet Division has issued the notification in this regard.

The former information minister was appointed Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States on 23rd November last year.

She was member of the National Assembly before appointed as an ambassador and was serving as chairperson Pakistan Red Crescent Society.

Ms Rehman has also remained a member of the National Security Committee of Pakistan’s Parliament and is the founding president of the Jinnah Institute in Islamabad, an independent public policy institute committed to regional peace and inclusive democracy in Pakistan.

She has served as Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting from March 2008 to March 2009.

As the Minister Information she prepared and presented Pakistan’s first in-camera National Security briefing to a joint session of the Parliament in 2008. She was also associated with journalism for twenty years.

In March 2011 issue of the Newsweek Pakistan she was dubbed as “Pakistan’s Most Important Woman”.

The Foreign Policy magazine has recognised Rehman as one of 2011's “Top Global Thinkers.”

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Commerce minister to attend three-day exhibition India

Pakistan's Minister for Commerce Amin Fahim.—File Photo

ISLAMABAD: A 250-member delegation led by Federal Minister for Commerce, Makhdoom Amin Fahim has left here for India to attend a three-day Life Style Exhibition starting from April 12 in New Delhi.

The delegation comprising officials of the ministry, Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) and the members of business communities from across the country are accompanying the commerce minister.

An official at the commerce ministry said that Pakistan was participating in this type of exhibition in India for the first time ever in history in which businessmen from various sectors would participate and establish stalls of different kinds to showcase their products in India.

He said that during the exhibition, Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) would arrange the business to business sessions and interactive session which would help the business community to explore more opportunities in India.

Cabinet reshuffle: Farooq Naek appointed new law minister

Farooq H. Naek with PM Gilani. – File Photo by PPI

ISLAMABAD: In a cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday, the PPP government, changed it’s federal law minister yet again as it appointed former Chairman Senate Farooq H. Naek for the position, DawnNews reported.

President Asif Ali Zardari will administer the oath, while the oath taking ceremony will also be attended by Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani and some federal ministers later today.

According to sources, Senator Sughra Imam’s name was also on the list of new federal ministers to be appointed, but she was yet to take the oath.

Moreover, Former Law Minister Maula Bux Chandio would be assigned a new portfolio, added the sources.

However, keeping in mind earlier news reports on speculation that Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar might lose her portfolio, sources said that she has succeeded in holding on to her ministry.

A Foreign Office spokesperson had earlier said that the foreign minister’s removal from her current post was “nothing but speculation and groundless to the core.”

Also on Wednesday, the prime minister conferred the status of Federal Minister on Sherry Rehman, Pakistan’s Ambassador to the US. A notification was issued in this regard by the Cabinet Division on Wednesday evening.

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