Economic Affairs Minister Sardar Ayaz Sadiq was given the additional portfolio of law and justice on Monday, a week after PML-N Senator Azam Nazeer Tarar stepped down from the post.
\nThe Cabinet Division\u2019s notification for Sadiq\u2019s appointment as the new law minister said: \u201cIn terms of rule 3(4) of the Rules of Business, 1973, the prime minister has been pleased to allocate the portfolio of law and justice to Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, the federal minister for economic affairs, with immediate effect.\u201d
\nTarar had tendered his resignation last week, with some television channels reporting that he made the decision citing \u2018anti-establishment slogans\u2019 raised at the Asma Jahangir Conference in Lahore.
\nTarar was the chief guest at the Asma Jahangir Conference where some of the participants had shouted slogans against the establishment during his speech.
\nHe was also said to be under immense pressure for casting his vote in favour of some \u2018junior judges\u2019, along with Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial, who were being elevated to the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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