{
  "id": 14446493,
  "title": "PM Shehbaz appoints retired Lt Gen Zafar Iqbal as SAPM on energy",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/pm-shehbaz-appoints-retired-lt-gen-zafar-iqbal-as-sapm-on-energy-14446493",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-14T11:57:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn - Pakistan",
    "slug": "dawn-pakistan",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2037107/pm-shehbaz-appoints-retired-lt-gen-zafar-iqbal-as-sapm-on-energy"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday appointed Lieutenant General (retd) Zafar Iqbal as special assistant to the prime minister on energy to oversee the affairs of the power and petroleum divisions of the Ministry of Energy, according to a notification issued by the Prime Minister’s Office. “The prime minister, in terms of Rule 4(6) of the Rules of Business, 1973, has been…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Dawn Business",
        "title": "PM Shehbaz appoints retired Lt Gen Zafar Iqbal as SAPM on energy",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/pm-shehbaz-appoints-retired-lt-gen-zafar-iqbal-as-sapm-on-energy",
        "published": "2026-10-14T11:57:38.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Daily Times",
        "title": "Zafar Iqbal appointed special assistant to PM on energy",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/zafar-iqbal-appointed-special-assistant-to-pm-on-energy",
        "published": "2026-10-14T12:59:17.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}