Islamabad :
PM Shahbaz Sharif’s 37-Member Federal Cabinet took the Oath . In the 37-member federal cabinet of Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, most of the 14 members belong to his party PML-N, while the PPP with 9 ministers, while the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) has 4, MQM 2, Balochistan Awami Party and Jamhuri. The Watan Party has one ministry each.
The cabinet, which has been sworn in by acting chairman of the Senate Sadiq Sanjarani, includes four ministers of state and three advisers.
The cabinet includes Khawaja Asif, Ahsan Iqbal, Rana Sanaullah, Ayaz Sadiq, Mian Javed Latif, Riaz Hussain Pirzada, Khurram Dastgir, Rana Tanveer Hussain, Maryam Aurangzeb, Murtaza Javed Abbasi, Khawaja Saad Rafique and Azam Nazir Tarar and Khurshid Shah. Naveed Qamar, Sherry Rehman, Abdul Qadir Patel, Shazia Murree, Syed Murtaza Mahmood, Sajid Hussain Turi, Ehsan-ur-Rehman Mazari, Abid Hussain Bhai, Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s sons , Faisal Sabzwari, Israr Tareen, Shahzain Bugti and Tariq Bashir Cheema. Similarly, Ministers of State include Ayesha Ghous Pasha and Abdul Rehman Kanjo, PPP’s Hina Rabbani Khar and Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar. Amir Muqam, Qamar Zaman Kaira of PPP and Aun Chaudhry of Tarin Group.
It is to be noted that the swearing in ceremony of the cabinet members was to be held on Monday but President Arif Alvi had refused to take oath from the members of the assembly, due to which the government had to postpone the ceremony till Tuesday. He was “dissatisfied” with the demands of the government regarding the distribution of ministries and other lucrative posts, which delayed the formation of the federal cabinet. The Balochistan National Party (BNP) and the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) He had expressed his displeasure and announced that he would not join the cabinet.
Meanwhile, it is being termed as the first phase of formation of the federal cabinet and it will increase in the coming days. Political analysts from Islamabad say that the tug-of-war between the coalition parties in the government is going on and it will continue. It can be said that a party with one seat is also a candidate for two ministries. The situation is so bad that it will be more difficult for PML-N to run this government in the coming days.
