Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday reinstated Qamar Zaman Chaudhry as Secretary Interior with immediate effect. Gilani suspended the Secretary Interior for placing Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar on the Exit Control List and stopping him from proceeding to China on an official visit.
The Defence Minister was stopped from boarding a flight for China, stating he was not allowed to proceed abroad after the Supreme Court declared the National Reconciliation Order void ab initio. A press release from the PM House said the Prime Minister reinstated the Secretary Interior on the basis of inquiry report.