Barrister Mirza Shahzad Akbar has been promoted to Adviser to the Prime Minister on Accountability and Interior with the status of a federal minister with immediate effect, according to a notification by the Cabinet Division issued on Wednesday.
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Political Communications Shahbaz Gill shared the notification, which stated that Akbar “shall cease to hold the office of the Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Accountability and Interior” consequent to upon his appointment as the adviser.
Akbar had been wearing three hats – that of Special Assistant on Accountability and Interior Ministry as well as the chief of the Assets Recovery Unit (ARU) with the status of minister of state – since December 2019.
Moreover, the portfolio of Adviser to PM on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam has also been changed. He has been appointed as Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Climate Change with the status of a federal minister.
