The 37-member cabinet of the Pakistan’s coalition government finally took the oath on Tuesday, almost eight days after newly elected Prime Minister Shahbaz Shareef took his oath.
Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani administered the oath to federal ministers and ministers of state at the oath-taking ceremony at the President House. The cabinet comprises 31 federal ministers, three ministers of state and three advisers appointed by Shareef.
The ceremony was scheduled to be held on Monday, but it transpired that President Arif Alvi had refused to administer the oath to the lawmakers, compelling the government to postpone the ceremony to Tuesday (today).
In a tweet, PM Shehbaz said that the federal cabinet was formed after “thorough consultations” with PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif and the government’s coalition allies.
“It is my fervent hope that federal ministers, ministers of state and advisers will provide leadership, and resolve the problems of the people. Work, work and only work is our motto,” he said.
Notable ministries
- Marriyum Aurangzeb has been appointed the information minister
- Azam Nazir Tarar (PML-N) is the law minister
- Ahsan Iqbal (PML-N) has been appointed the planning and development minister
- Aminul Haque (MQM-P) became the information technology and telecommunications minister
- Hina Rabbani Khar (PPP) was appointed the state minister for foreign affairs
- Rana Sanaullah (PML-N) was given the interior ministry
- Miftah Ismail (PML-N) was appointed finance minister
- Aisha Ghaus Pasha (PML-N) was appointed state minister for finance
List of Federal ministers
- Khawaja Muhammad Asif (PML-N)
- Ahsan Iqbal (PML-N)
- Rana Sanaullah (PML-N)
- Sardar Ayaz Sadiq (PML-N)
- Rana Tanveer Hussain (PML-N)
- Khurram Dastgir Khan (PML-N)
- Marriyum Aurangzeb (PML-N)
- Khawaja Saad Rafique (PML-N)
- Miftah Ismail (PML-N)
- Javed Latif (PML-N)
- Riaz Hussain Pirzada (PML-N)
- Murtaza Javed Abbasi (PML-N)
- Azam Nazeer Tarar (PML-N)
- Syed Khursheed Shah (PPP)
- Syed Naveed Qamar (PPP)
- Sherry Rehman (PPP)
- Abdul Qadir Patel (PPP)
- Shazia Marri (PPP)
- Syed Murtaza Mahmud (PPP)
- Sajid Hussain Turi (PPP)
- Ehsan Ur Rehman Mazari (PPP)
- Abid Hussain (PPP)
- Asad Mahmood (MMA)
- Abdul Wasay (MMA)
- Abdul Shakoor (MMA)
- Muhammad Talha Mahmood (JUI)
- Aminul Haque (MQM-P)
- Faisal Sabzwari (MQM-P)
- Muhammad Israr Tareen (BAP)
- Shahzain Bugti (JWP)
- Tariq Bashir Cheema (PML-Q)
Ministers of state
- Aisha Ghaus Pasha (PML-N)
- Abdul Rehman Khan Kanju (PML-N)
- Hina Rabbani Khar (PPP)
Advisers to the PM
- Qamar Zaman Kaira (PPP)
- Amir Muqam (PML-N)
- Awn Chaudhry (PTI’s Tareen group)