New federal cabinet sworn in
Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani on Tuesday administered oaths to federal ministers and ministers of state, who have been inducted in the newly elected Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s cabinet.
The oath-taking ceremony began with the recitation of the Holy Quran, it was reported.
Altogether, 31 federal ministers and three ministers of state were sworn in.
The ceremony was scheduled to be held on Monday, but in a surprising turn of events President Arif Alvi refused to administer the oaths.
The government was compelled to postpone the ceremony to Tuesday.
The cabinet included, Khawaja Muhammad Asif, Ahsan Iqbal, Rana Sanaullah, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Rana Tanveer Hussain, Khurram Dastgir Khan, Marriyum Aurangzeb, Khawaja Saad Rafique, Muftah Ismail, Mian Javed Latif, Riaz Hussain Pirzada, Murtaza Javed Abbasi, Azam Nazir Tarar, Syed Khurshid Ahmad Shah, Syed Naveed Qamar, Sherry Rehman, Abdul Qadir Patel, Shazia Murree, Syed Murtaza Mahmood, Sajid Hussain Turi, Ehsan-ur-Rehman Mazari, Abid Hussain, Asad Mahmood, Abdul Wasi, and Mufti Abdul Shakoor.
The names of Talha Mahmood, Syed Aminul Haq, Syed Faisal Ali Sabzwari, Muhammad Israr Tareen, Nawabzada Shah Zain Bugti and Tariq Bashir Cheema were approved as federal ministers.
Additionally, the appointment of Dr. Ayesha Ghous Pasha, Hina Rabbani Khar and Abdul Rehman Khan Kanjo were approved as ministers of state.
The President also approved the appointment of Qamar Zaman Kaira, Amir Muqam and Aun Chaudhry as advisors.