ISLAMABAD (Staff Reporter)
Chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjrani administered the oath to Ishaq Dar.
During the swearing-in ceremony,PTI members gathered near the rostrum and chanted slogans and tore the copies of the agenda of the meeting and surrounded the dais, in a bid to register their protest after which the chairman called in security personnel.
It is pertinent to mention that Dar reached Pakistan on Monday along with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif after an self exile of more than five years.
Speaking to reporters at Nur Khan airbas, he said that Nawaz Sharif and the premier had tasked him to take over the portfolio of the finance minister.
“I will try my best to fulfill all the responsibilities. We will try to take out the country from the economic swap it is stuck in […] the way we did in 1998-1999 and 2013-2014.”
Dar further expressed hope that “we will now head in a positive direction”.
His return comes a day after PML-N leader Miftah Ismail tendered his resignation to senior party leaders in London. Subsequently, a statement released after the meeting confirmed that Nawaz Sharif and PM Shehbaz had nominated Dar as the finance minister.
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