The long-awaited 34-member cabinet of newly-elected Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif finally took oath today (Tuesday) after the cabinet division issued a list of the first phase of ministers on Tuesday.
According to ARY News, the list includes names of 30 federal ministers, four ministers of state and three advisers to the Prime Minister.
Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani administered the oath to the new federal cabinet of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif after President Arif Alvi excused from administering oath to the lawmakers.
The swearing-in ceremony of the federal cabinet was held at the Aiwan-e-Sadr, Islamabad where members belonging to PML-N, PPP, JUI-F, MQM-P and other allied parties took oath as ministers in the federal cabinet.
The PPP members who took 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) also got 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 Kaira