Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday appointed newly-appointed Finance Minister Ishaq Dar as the leader of the House in the Senate.

Ishaq Dar will represent the government and regulate government business in the Upper House. In this respect, a notification was issued on Friday.

On Tuesday, Chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjrani administered the oath to former finance minister Ishaq Dar as senator amid protest from opposition members.

Dar returned to Pakistan on Monday after ending his five years self-exile.

“We’ll pull Pakistan out of economic maelstrom as we did back in 1998-99 and in 2013-14,” Dar told the reporters upon his arrival at Noor Khan airbase Chaklala.

He said that he had returned to the country by grace of God. “Nawaz Sharif and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif have handed over the responsibility of the finance ministry to me,” the former finance minister said.