The finance minister was fired by the president

The Presidential Administration has announced today (Saturday, 23th January) in a press release that the President has dismissed Mr. Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal from the post of Minister of Finance and appointed Mohammad Khalid Payenda as the new head of the Ministry of Finance.

The statement cited the reasons for Mr. Arghandiwal’s dismissal, revenue collection, non-cooperation with the Joint Commission for Investigation of Illegal Regulations in the Ministry of Finance, poor management, lack of commitment to the values ​​of good governance and non-compliance with Article 77 of the Constitution.

Meanwhile, the national budget document has been rejected twice by the House of Representatives.