ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) senior leader Miftah Ismail was appointed the new federal minister for finance after PM Shehbaz Sharif announced his 34-member cabinet today, ARY News reported.
Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani administered the oath to the newly-elected Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s 34-member cabinet.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, speaker of National Assembly Raja Pervaiz Ashraf and other officials also attended the ceremony.
Cabinet portfolios
Rana Sanaullah Interior Minister
Miftah Ismail Finance Minister
Hina Rabbani Khar Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
Ahsan Iqbal Planning, Development and Special Initiatives
Marriyum Aurangzeb Information and Broadcasting
Azam Nazeer Tarar Law and Justice
Ameenul Haq Information and Technology
Maulana Asad Communications
Mufti Shakoor Religious Affairs
Talha Mehmood SAFRON
Maulana Abdul Wasey Housing and Construction
Shazia Marri BISP
Qadir Patel Ministry of Health
Khawaja Saad Rafique Railways
Tariq Bashir Cheema Food Security
Israr Tareen Defence Production
Following are the names of the cabinet members:
- Khawaja Muhammad Asif, MNA
- Ahsan Iqbal Chaudhary, MNA
- Rana Sana Ullah Khan, MNA
- Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, MNA
- Rana Tanveer Hussain. MNA
- Khurrum Dastagir Khan, MNA
- Marriyum Aurangzeb, MNA
- Khawaja Saad Rafique, MNA
- Mian Javed Latif, MNA
- Mian Riaz Hussain Pirzada. MNA
- Murtaza Javed Abbasi, MNA
- Miftah Ismail
- Azam Nazeer Tarar, Senator
- Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah, MNA
- Syed Naveed Qamar, MNA
- Sherry Rehman, Senator
- Abdul Qadir Patel, MNA
- Shazia Marri, MNA
- Syed Murtaza Mahmud, MNA
- Sajid Hussain Turi, MNA
- Ehsan ur Rehman Mazari, MNA
- Abid Hussain Bhayo, MNA
- Asad Mahmood, MNA
- Abdul Wasay, MNA
- Mufti Abdul Shakoor, MNA
- Muhammad Talha Mahmood, Senator
- Syed Amin-ul-Haque, MNA
- Syed Faisal Ali Subzwari, Senator
- Muhammad Israr Tareen, MNA
- Nawabzada Shazain Bugti, MNA
- Chaudhary Tariq Bashir Cheema, MNA
Ministers of state
- Dr. Aisha Ghaus Pasha, MNA
- Abdul Rehman Khan Kanju, MNA
- Hina Rabbani Khar, MNA
Advisers to the PM
- Awn Chaudhry
- Amir Muqam
- Qamar Zaman Kaira
It is pertinent to mention here that the federal cabinet that was scheduled to take oath yesterday was postponed after an excuse from President Arif Alvi.
Last week, Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjarani administered the oath to the newly-elected prime minister after President Arif Alvi complained of “discomfort”.
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