A 43-member New Cabinet Sworn In

Rukhshan Mir (@rukhshanmir) Published August 04, 2017 | 12:15 PM

ISLAMABAD, Aug 4 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 04th Aug, 2017 ) : President Mamnoon Hussain Friday administered oath of office to the new Federal Cabinet that would run affairs of the State under the newly elected Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.

Following two days of back to back meetings with Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, the former Prime Minister, at Murree, the new 43-member Cabinet comprising 27 Federal Ministers and 16 Ministers of State took their oath of office here at the Aiwan-e-Sadr at an impressive ceremony.

The event that began with the playing of the national anthem was followed by recitation from the Holy Quran. The Ministers took oath of office in two groups. Following is the list of the new Cabinet members; 1.

Ahsan Iqbal 2. Akram Khan Durrani 3. Engr. Khurram Dastgir Khan 4. Ghulam Murtaza Khan Jatoi 5. Hafiz Abdul Kareem 6. Hasil Khan Bizenjo 7. Kamran Michael 8. Khawaja Saad Rafique 9. Khawaja Muhammad Asif 10.

Lt Gen (Retd) Salahuddin Tirmizi 11. Lt General (Retd.) Abdul Qadir Baloch 12. Maulana Ameer Zaman 13. Muhammad Baligh ur Rehman 14. Muhammad Barjees Tahir 15.

Muhammad Pervaiz Malik 16. Muhammad Ishaq Dar 17.

Mushahid Ullah Khan 18. Pir Syed Sadaruddin Shah Rashidi 19. Rana Tanveer Hussain 20. Riaz Hussain Pirzada 21. Saira Afzal Tarar 22. Sardar Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari 23. Sardar Muhammad Yousaf 24.

Sheikh Aftab Ahmed 25 Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan 26. Syed Javed Ali Shah 27. Zahid Hamid The Minister of State include; 1. Abid Sher Ali 2. Abdul Rehman Khan Kanju 3. Anusha Rehman Ahmad Khan 4.

Dr Darshan 5. Ghalib Khan 6. Jam Kamal Khan 7. Chaudhry Jaffar Iqbal 8. Marrium Aurangzeb 9. Barrister Mohsin Shah Nawaz Ranjha 10. Barrister Usman Ibrahim 11. Muhammad Akram Ansari 12. Pir Muhammad Amin ul Hasnat Shah 13.

Sardar Muhammad Arshad Khan Leghari 14. Muhammad Junaid Anwar Chaudhry 15. Muhammad Talal Chaudhry 16. Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhry The portfolios of the Ministers and Ministers of State would be announced later.

Speaker National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, parliamentarians, diplomats, senior civil officials attended the event. The President later hosted a reception in honour of the new Cabinet members.