LAHORE: In another reshuffle of the Punjab cabinet, Fayyazul Hasan Chohan was on Monday removed as the provincial minister for colonies, according to sources.
Meanwhile, Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) Khayal Ahmad Kastro, has replaced Fayyazul Hasan as minister for colonies. He has also been given the portfolio of Provincial Minister for Culture.
Sources further informed that Provincial Minister for Interior Syed Yawar Abbas Bukhari will now also hold the portfolio of Minister for Social Welfare and Treasury.
It is pertinent to mention here that Fayyaz ul Hassan Chohan was earlier removed as Punjab’s information minister. Firdous Ashiq Awan — who previously served as the prime minister’s special assistant on information — was appointed as the special assistant to Chief Minister Usman Buzdar.
This is the third time that Fayyaz ul Hasan Chohan has been removed from his portfolio after the Punjab government reappointed him as the provincial information minister in 2019.
He had to resign from the portfolio in March after he made anti-Hindu remarks that angered and offended many in the country. The PTI lawmaker had come under severe criticism after a video of him making the remarks went viral on social media.
The other two ministers removed by the provincial government are Mehar Muhammad Aslam Bharwana, who was the minister for cooperatives, and Zawar Hussain Warraich, who was serving as the minister for prisons.
