ISLAMABAD: Senator Shaukat Tarin on Monday took the oath as federal minister for finance and revenue for a second time during the year.

President Dr Arif Alvi administered the oath to Mr Tarin at Aiwan-i-Sadr. After the oath, the president extended felicitations to the newly sworn in member of the cabinet.

Mr Tarin was appointed finance minister on April 17, 2021 and his constitutional tenure ended on Oct 16. He needed to be elected to parliament in order to continue in his post for longer than six months.

Mr Tarin, who was earlier serving as adviser to the prime minister on finance and revenue, was elected senator last week in a by-election for a general seat of the Senate from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The seat was vacated after the resignation of PTI’s Ayub Afridi.

PTI’s Hammad Azhar was given additional charge of finance minister soon after when the then advisor on finance Dr Hafeez Shaikh was removed on March 29, 2021. However, Mr Azhar was replaced with Mr Tarin on April 17.

Mr Tarin was the fourth finance minister appointed by Prime Minister Imran Khan after Asad Umar, Hafeez Shaikh and Hammad Azhar had been given the portfolio.

Published in Dawn, December 28th, 2021