Pakistan: Separatist Kashmir leader Yasin Malik's wife appointed special advisor to caretaker PM

Pakistan has appointed Mushaal Hussain Malik, wife of jailed Kashmiri separatist leer Yasin Malik, as a special visor to country's newly appointed caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar.

Her name was included in five Special visor to Prime Minister (SAPM) list unveiled late on Thursday night after President Arif Alvi ministered an oath to 19-member caretaker Cabinet at Aiwan-e-Sr, presidential house.

Mushaal, a Pakistani national married to Malik, was appointed special visor to caretaker Prime Minister Kakar on human rights and women empowerment.

A special visor has a lower status than a junior minister but provides assistance to prime minister on key relevant issues.

Among or four special visors, Jaw Sohrab Malilk has been appointed SAPM for overseas Pakistanis, vice miral (retired) Iftikhar Rao as an visor on maritime affairs, TV anchor and writer Wasih Shah on tourism, and Syeda Arifa Zehra as an visor on federal education and professional training.

Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin married Pakistani artist Mushaal in Rawalpindi in 2009. two met while Yasin was on a tour of Pakistan in 2005.

Mushaal and her daughter reside in Islamab. Born in 1985, Mushaal gruated from London School of Ecomics.

Yasin was sentenced to life imprisonment by a trial court in a terror funding case in May.

National Investigation ncy (NIA) has approached Delhi High Court seeking death penalty for Yasin, who is serving his sentence in Tihar Jail in Delhi.