Islamabad :
A swearing-in ceremony was held at the Presidency in which Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif was present. President Dr. Arif Alvi has administered oath to the Federal Ministers.
According to details, the federal ministers who took oath included PML-Q’s Chaudhry Salik Hussain, PML-N’s Javed Latif and BNP’s Mengal’s Agha Hassan Baloch.
It may be recalled that Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif’s 34-member cabinet has already been sworn in, which included 31 federal ministers, three ministers of state and three advisers. The Noon League has 13 federal ministers, two ministers of state and one cabinet adviser, while the PPP has nine federal ministers, one minister of state and one cabinet adviser. Four federal ministers of JUI-F, two federal ministers of MQM, one each of Balochistan Awami Party, Jamhoori Watan Party and one federal minister of PML-Q are in the cabinet. has been given.
Rana Sanaullah has been given the portfolio of Interior Ministry, Maryam Orangrib has been given the portfolio of Information, Muftah Ismail has been given the portfolio of Finance, Ahsan Iqbal has been given the portfolio of Planning and Azam Nazir Tarar has been given the portfolio of Law Ministry. Shahzain Bugti has been appointed Federal Minister for Counter Narcotics, Aminul Haq has been appointed Information Technology, Talha Mehmood Safiryan, Mufti Abdul Shakoor has been appointed Religious Affairs, Maulana Abdul Wasi has been appointed Housing and Mufti Asad Mahmood has been appointed Federal Minister for Communications.
Ayaz Sadiq to Economic Affairs, Khawaja Asif to Energy, Khursheed Shah to Water Resources, Naveed Qamar to Trade, Abdul Qadir Patel to Minister for Health Regulation, Shazia Murree to Benazir Income Support Minister, Murtaza Mahmood to Industry Minister, Sherry Rehman to Climate Change, Sajid Overseas Pakistani, Ibad brothers were given privatization, Ehsan Mazari was given the portfolio of inter-provincial relations.
