This Is What Asad Umar Will Do If Removed As Finance Minister

Asad Umar appeared on a TV show yesterday where he was asked how will he react if he is removed as the finance minister and is given some other portfolio.

Islamabad (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 18th April, 2019) There have been reports that Prime Minister Imran Khan is unhappy with the performance of Finance Minister Asad Umar and that he might remove him.

Although the government and Asad Umar himself has denied such reports, he is still confronted with the same question.

Asad Umar appeared on a tv show yesterday where he was asked how will he react if he is removed as the finance minister and is given some other portfolio.

Responding to this, the minister said that he was living a good life before joining politics.

“I had no plans of joining politics but Imran Khan repeatedly used to say to me that Pakistan needs me. Then I said I will come to politics if Pakistan really needs me. If I can work for the betterment of Pakistan then I will continue to do so,” he said.

The finance minister added, “If my work does not bring betterment to Pakistan or someone else can do the job better than me then he should.”

I am not a career politician after all, he said.

Earlier, there were reports that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government led by Prime Minister Imran Khan has made major reshuffle within his cabinet.

Media reports said that at least five cabinet ministers have been changed, including finance, interior and petroleum ministers.

Asad Umar has been removed as Finance Minister. He will be given the Petroleum Ministry instead.

Moreover, Minister of State for Interior Shehryar Afridi will be replaced by PTI leader Ijaz Shah.

The decision has been taken in view of the performance of the ministers.

The Federal government has denied reports of a cabinet reshuffle.

Spokesperson for Prime Minister, Nadeem Afzal Chan termed all such reports as baseless.

He said that the prime minister questions the performance of ministers in every cabinet meeting. The prime minister reserves the right to make changes in the cabinet but for now, no ministers are being changed.

Meanwhile, federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry while rejecting the reports said that no cabinet ministers are being changed.

Only the prime minister reserves the right to make any changes in the cabinet, he said.