Two more appointed as special assistants to advisory council

Two more people have been appointed as special assistants to the advisory council, each with the status of a state minister, to take charge of two key government ministries.

Sheikh Moinuddin will oversee the Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges while Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb has been assigned to the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology.

The Cabinet Division issued a notification on Wednesday regarding their appointments. The notice stated that the two will receive the rank, salary, allowances, and other benefits afforded to state ministers.

Previously, the chief advisor had given the responsibility of three different agencies to three special assistants of the same rank. With the addition of the two, that number now reaches five.

Meanwhile, Chowdhury Rafiqul Abrar – commonly known as CR Abrar – has been sworn in as a member of the government's advisory council and handed the portfolio of the Ministry of Education.

The Cabinet Division has issued a notification assigning Wahiduddin Mahmud, who had previously been in charge of both the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Planning, to just the Ministry of Planning.