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ISLAMABAD: The newly elected Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s 34-member cabinet has been sworn in on Tuesday, ARY News reported.
Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani administered the oath to 31 federal ministers and three state ministers at President House in capital Islamabad.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, speaker of National Assembly Raja Pervaiz Ashraf and other officials also attended the ceremony.
Members belonging to PML-N, PPP, JUI-F, MQM-P and other allied parties took oath as ministers in the swearing-in ceremony held at Aiwan-e-Sadr.
The newly formed federal cabinet has 31 federal ministers, three ministers of state and three advisers to the Prime Minister.
The PPP members who took oath as ministers in the first phase are: Syed Naveed Qamar, Shazia Marri, Syed Khursheed Shah, Qadir Patel and Hina Rabbani Khar.
Following are the names of the cabinet members: Khawaja Muhammad Asif, MNA Ahsan Iqbal Chaudhary, MNA Rana Sana Ullah Khan, MNA Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, MNA Rana Tanveer Hussain. MNA Khurrum Dastagir Khan, MNA Marriyum Aurangzeb, MNA Khawaja Saad Rafique, MNA Mian Javed Latif, MNA Mian Riaz Hussain Pirzada. MNA Murtaza Javed Abbasi, MNA Miftah Ismail Azam Nazeer Tarar, Senator Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah, MNA Syed Naveed Qamar, MNA Sherry Rehman, Senator Abdul Qadir Patel, MNA Shazia Marri, MNA Syed Murtaza Mahmud, MNA Sajid Hussain Turi, MNA Ehsan ur Rehman Mazari, MNA Abid Hussain Bhayo, MNA Asad Mahmood, MNA Abdul Wasay, MNA Mufti Abdul Shakoor, MNA Muhammad Talha Mahmood, Senator Syed Amin-ul-Haque, MNA Syed Faisal Ali Subzwari, Senator Muhammad Israr Tareen, MNA Nawabzada Shazain Bugti, MNA Chaudhary Tariq Bashir Cheema, MNA Ministers of state Dr. Aisha Ghaus Pasha, MNA Abdul Rehman Khan Kanju, MNA Hina Rabbani Khar, MNA Advisers to the PM Awn Chaudhry Amir Muqam Qamar Zaman KairaIt is pertinent to mention here that the federal cabinet that was scheduled to take oath yesterday was postponed after an excuse from President Arif Alvi.
Last week, Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjarani administered the oath to the newly-elected prime minister after President Arif Alvi complained of “discomfort”.