Federal Cabinet Swells To 30; Besides 4 Advisers, 4 Special Assistants
Rukhshan Mir (@rukhshanmir) Published October 05, 2018 | 06:07 PM
With the induction of six new ministers the size of the Federal Cabinet on Friday swelled to 30, including 24 Federal Ministers and six Ministers of State.
ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 5th Oct, 2018 ) :With the induction of six new ministers the size of the Federal Cabinet on Friday swelled to 30, including 24 Federal Ministers and six Ministers of State.
The latest batch of six ministers were administered oath of office by President Dr Arif Alvi here at a simple ceremony at the Aiwan-e-Sadr.
The Cabinet also includes four Advisers and four Special Assistants, who are treated as members of the Cabinet, and can attend Cabinet meetings on special invitation by the Prime Minister, however they do not take oath of their office.
Following is updated list as issued by the Cabinet Division; Federal Ministers: 1. Mr. Pervez Khattak - Defence 2. Ms. Zubaida jalal - Defence Production 3. Mr. Shafqat Mahmood i.) Federal education and Professional Training ii.) National History & Literary Heritage Division 4. Mr. Asad Umer - Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs 5. Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Hussain Qureshi - Foreign Affairs 6. Chaudhary Tariq Bashir Cheema - Housing and Works 7. Dr. Shireen M. Mazari - Human Rights 8. Mr. Fawad Ahmed - Information and Broadcasting Division 9. Dr. Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui Information Technology and Telecommunication 10. Dr. Fehmida Mirza Inter-Provincial Coordination 11. Mr. Ali Amin Khan Gandapur Kashmir Affairs & Gilgit-Baltistan 12. Dr. Muhammad Farogh Naseem Law and Justice (Senator) 13. Syed Ali Haider Zaidi Maritime Affairs 14. Mr. Ali Muhammad Khan Mahar - Narcotics Control 15. Sahibzada Muhammad Mehboob Sultan - National food Security & Research 16. Mr. Aamer Mehmood Kiani - National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination 17. Mr.
Ghulam Sarwar Khan - Petroleum Division 18. Makhdoom Khusro Bukhtiar - Planning, Development and Reform 19. Mr. Omar Ayub Khan - Power Division 20. Mr. Muhammad Mian Soomro - Privatization 21. Sheikh Rashid Ahmed - Railways 22. Mr. Noor-Ul-Haq Qadri - Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony 23. Mr. Muhammad Azam Khan Swati - Science & Technology (Senator) 24. Mr. Muhammad Faisal Vawda - Water Resources Ministers of State: 1. Ms. Zartaj Gui - Climate Change 2. Mr. Murad Saeed - Communications 3. Mr. Muhammad Shabbir Ali - Housing & Works 4. Mr. Shehryar Afridi - Interior 5. Mr. Ali Muhammad Khan - Parliamentary Affairs 6. Mr. Muhammad Hammad Azhar - Revenue Advisers to the Prime Minister: 1. Malik Amin Aslam Khan - Adviser on Climate Change (with status of Federal Minister) 2. Mr. Abdul Razak Dawood - Adviser on Commerce, Textile, Industry & Production and Investment (with status of Federal Minister) 3. Mr. Mohammad Shehzad Arbab - Adviser on Establishment (with status of Federal Minister) 4. Dr. lshrat Hussain - Adviser on Institutional Reforms and Austerity (with status of Federal Minister) Special Assistants to the Prime Minister: 1. Mirza Shahzad Akbar - Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Accountability (with status of Minister of State) 2. Mr. lftikhar Durrani - Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Media (with status of Minister of State)3. Mr. Naeem ul Haque - Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Political Affairs (with status of Minister of State)4. Sayed Zulfiqar Abbas Bukhari - Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development (with status of Minister of State)
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