PM Shehbaz’s 19-member federal cabinet takes oath
ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif took oath on Monday (today) after the recommendations were sent to the president.
The oath taking ceremony was held at Aiwan-e-Sadr. President Asif Ali Zardari administered the oath to the cabinet members.
PM Shehbaz Sharif recommended 19 names to President Asif Ali Zardari to be inducted into the federal cabinet, according to a summary forwarded to the Aiwan-e-Sadr.
The PML-N who have took aoth as federal ministries under clause 1 of the Article 92 of the Constitution, include Ahsan Iqbal, Khawaja Asif, Qaiser Ahmed Sheikh, Riaz Hussain Pirzada, Rana Tanveer, Azam Nazeer Tarar, Jam Kamal Khan, Amir Muqam, Awais Leghari and Attaullah Tarar.
MQM-P’s Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui and Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP) leader Abdul Aleem Khan were also sworn in as federal ministers. The PML-N’s main ally, the PPP, has refused to become part of the federal cabinet.
Moreover, Senators Ishaq Dar and Musadik Malik have also been appointed as federal ministers under clause 9 of Article 91 of the Constitution, as both will cease to be senators on March 12 following the end of their Senate term.
The clause authorizes the prime minister to induct anyone into the federal cabinet who is not a member of parliament for a period of six months.
Three more names that have inducted as federal ministers — under clause 9 of Article 91 — include prominent banker Muhammad Aurangzeb, former bureaucrat Ahad Khan Cheema and ex-caretaker chief minister Punjab Mohsin Naqvi.
Meanwhile, Shaza Fatima is the only woman included in the federal cabinet. She took oath as a state minister under clause 1 of Article 92 of the Constitution.
The swearing-in of the federal cabinet will come a week after Shehbaz Sharif took the oath of office as the 24th prime minister of the country.
Federal ministers
- Khawaja Muhammad Asif
- Ahsan Iqbal Chaudry
- Rana Tanveer Hussain
- Azam Nazeer Tarar
- Chaudhry Salik Hussain
- Abdul Aleem Khan
- Jam Kamal Khan
- Amir Muqam
- Awais Leghari
- Attaullah Tarar
- Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui
- Qaiser Ahmed Sheikh
- Mian Riaz Hussain Pirzada
- Ishaq Dar
- Musadik Malik
- Muhammad Aurangzeb
- Ahad Khan Cheema
- Mohsin Naqvi
Minister of State
- Shaza Fatima Khawaja