INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Khurram Dastgir given additional portfolio of Foreign MinisterISLAMABAD: The federal government on Friday
assigned the foreign ministry portfolio to Defence Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan after Khawaja Asif was ousted from the position last
Asif was disqualified by the Islamabad High Court under Article 62 (1) (f) of the constitution for failing to disclose his employment in a
United Arab Emirate (UAE) company and the salary he was receiving on monthly basis.Dastgir has been the minister of defence since August
2017 when Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi formed a new cabinet after the ouster of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif
He had also served as the minister for commerce from 2014 to 2017.
