The federal cabinet has finally been sworn in, with Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani administering oath to the new ministers. President Arif Alvi had excused himself from performing this duty. The cabinet of the newly elected Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif comprises 31 federal ministers and three ministers of state and three advisers to the prime minister.
Federal ministers include Pakistan Muslim League - N (PML-N)'s Khawaja Muhammad Asif, Ahsan Iqbal, Rana Sanaullah, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Rana Tanveer Hussain, Khurram Dastgir Khan, Marriyum Aurangzeb, Khawaja Saad Rafique, Miftah Ismail, Javed Latif, Riaz Hussain Pirzada, Murtaza Javed Abbasi and Azam Nazeer Tarar. From Pakistan People's Party (PPP), Syed Khursheed Shah, Syed Naveed Qamar, Sherry Rehman, Abdul Qadir Patel, Shazia Marri, Syed Murtaza Mahmud, Sajid Hussain Turi, Ehsan Ur Rehman Mazari and Abid Hussain made it to the cabinet.
Representing Mutahida Majlis-e-Amal are Asad Mahmood, Abdul Wasay, Abdul Shakoor, while Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI)'s Muhammad Talha Mahmood has also been included in the federal cabinet.
Mutahida Qaumi Movement (MQM)'s Aminul Haque and Faisal Sabzwari have also been made ministers.
Others include Muhammad Israr Tareen of BAP, Shahzain Bugti of JWP, Tariq Bashir Cheema of the PML-Q.
Following are the names of Ministers of state in the new cabinet:
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)
Federal ministers include Pakistan Muslim League - N (PML-N)'s Khawaja Muhammad Asif, Ahsan Iqbal, Rana Sanaullah, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Rana Tanveer Hussain, Khurram Dastgir Khan, Marriyum Aurangzeb, Khawaja Saad Rafique, Miftah Ismail, Javed Latif, Riaz Hussain Pirzada, Murtaza Javed Abbasi and Azam Nazeer Tarar. From Pakistan People's Party (PPP), Syed Khursheed Shah, Syed Naveed Qamar, Sherry Rehman, Abdul Qadir Patel, Shazia Marri, Syed Murtaza Mahmud, Sajid Hussain Turi, Ehsan Ur Rehman Mazari and Abid Hussain made it to the cabinet.
Representing Mutahida Majlis-e-Amal are Asad Mahmood, Abdul Wasay, Abdul Shakoor, while Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI)'s Muhammad Talha Mahmood has also been included in the federal cabinet.
Mutahida Qaumi Movement (MQM)'s Aminul Haque and Faisal Sabzwari have also been made ministers.
Others include Muhammad Israr Tareen of BAP, Shahzain Bugti of JWP, Tariq Bashir Cheema of the PML-Q.
Following are the names of Ministers of state in the new cabinet:
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)