LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar on Friday appointed Fayyazul Hassan Chohan as spokesperson of the Punjab government.
Chohan will also hold the portfolio as the provincial minister for prisons. Fayyazul Hassan Chohan will also discharge his responsibilities as the spokesperson of the Punjab government, while the ministry of information will remain with Punjab CM.
The appointment follows as Special Assistant to Chief Minister Punjab Firdous Ashiq Awan had resigned from her post, last week.
The resignation came just after the SACM had a meeting with Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar with sources quoting that she may get a new responsibility in the federal government in days to come with Chohan likely to replace her.
Awan had said in her resignation that she was quitting as SACM owing to her personal engagements and it was proud for her to work as a member of Usman Buzdar’s team and further the government’s narrative.
Citing “unavoidable personal grounds”, Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan, the special assistant to Punjab chief minister, resigned from her post on Friday last.
In her resignation letter, she thanked Prime Minister Imran Khan for “posing confidence in me to undertake the herculean task” of highlighting the “outstanding and remarkable performance of the Government of Punjab”.
She also expressed her gratitude to Buzdar for his “scrupulous support … from time to time which kept me motivated and steadfast in accomplishing the professional goals set for me by my party”.
Firdous said she was “proud” of undertaking the “sensitive” duties as SACM and “putt[ing] in my efforts with utmost dedication to signify the unparalleled and historical achievements by the Punjab government”.
She further said she was “delighted” to have served the interests of the Punjab government. However, “due to certain unavoidable personal grounds, I am unable to continue with my present assignment, in the Government of Punjab,” she said, while resigning from the position with immediate effect.
A notification issued by the Chief Minister’s Office stated that her resignation had been accepted by Buzdar.
