Food secretary’s appointment scrapped after less than 9 hours

Elahi Dad Khan’s appointment as secretary to the food ministry was cancelled less than nine hours after the public administration ministry issued a notification announcing the appointment.
Dr Mokles-ur-Rahman, secretary of the public administration ministry, told reporters of the decision to cancel the appointment through text message around 7:30pm.
Earlier today, the ministry communicated his appointment as food ministry secretary around 11:00am.
The secretary did not mention any reasons for scrapping his appointment.