ISLAMABAD: Senior PML-N leader Senator Ishaq Dar Wednesday took oath as federal minister a day after swearing in as senator.
President Ari Alvi administered the oath to Ishaq Dar at a ceremony held at the President House also attended by Prime Minster Shahbaz Sharif, senior PML-N leaders and cabinet members.
Dar will be given the portfolio of the finance ministry after Miftah Ismail’s resignation from the office. This will be the fourth time Dar is heading the ministry.
The PML-N leader returned to the country on Monday after a five-year exile in London after a decision was taken by the party supremo Nawaz Sharif in a meeting also attended by PM Shahbaz Sharif.
Dar has been tasked by the party leadership to steer the country out of the crisis.