At one level, the whole reshuffle was about removing just the Finance Minister. Then the Finance Minister is the only minister who looks at the work of all ministries, because all need money. The office of Prime Minister evolved from that of First Lord of the Treasury. In Pakistan, this division is starting to take place, with a Finance Minister and a separate Minister of State for Revenue. It should also not be forgotten that the dismissed Finance Minister, Asad Umar, was about as much a technocrat as Dr Hafeez Sheikh.

Source: Pakistan Today April 25, 2019 18:22 UTC