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LAHORE: The Punjab government on Monday appointed former special assistant to PM on information and broadcasting Firdous Ashiq Awan as Special Assistant to Punjab CM Usman Buzdar on Information.
According to a notification, Firdous Ashiq Awan has replaced Javed Akhtar who was earlier serving as a special assistant to CM on the information. Fayyaz ul Hassan Chohan, who was serving as Punjab Information Minister, has been appointed as Provincial Minister for Colonies. It is pertinent to mention here that Chohan was reinstated as the information minister last year in December 2019. Firdous Ashiq Awan who has been given responsibilities in the Punjab govt this time was de-notified as Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting in April 2020 this year.
