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ISLAMABAD: Newly-elected Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s long-awaited 34-member cabinet will finally take oath today (Tuesday) after the cabinet division issued a list of the first phase of ministers, ARY News reported on Tuesday.
The list includes names of 30 federal ministers, four ministers of state and three advisers to the Prime Minister.
Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani will administer the oath to the new federal cabinet of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif after President Arif Alvi had refused to administer the oath to the lawmakers.
The swearing-in ceremony of the federal cabinet will be held at the Aiwan-e-Sadr, Islamabad where members belonging from PML-N, PPP, JUI-F, MQM-P and other allied parties will take the oath as ministers in the federal cabinet.
The PPP members who would take oath as ministers in first phase are: Naveed Qamar, Shazia Marri, Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar, Syed Khursheed Shah, Qadir Patel and Hina Rabbani Khar.
The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) will also get two ministries in the new set-up.
A list of the federal 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 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 Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar, Senator Advisers to the PM Miftah Ismail 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”.