Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has appointed Attaullah Tarar his special assistant on interior and law affairs, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Friday.

His position will be equivalent to the rank of a federal minister. 

A notification of Attaullah Tarar’s appointment as SAPM on interior and legal affair has been issued by the cabinet division. 

Before this, Attaullah Tarar has never been made a federal or state minister. 

Attaullah is a secretary general of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and has also served as the spokesperson of the Punjab government in the cabinet of former Punjab chief minister Hamza Shehbaz.