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- March 11, 2024
- Kainat Shakeel
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Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif’s 19-member federal cabinet took the oath of office at President’s House. The newly selected federal cabinet ministers, led by Prime Minister Shehbaz, were sworn in by President Asif Ali Zardari. The ceremony for taking the oath took place in Islamabad’s Aiwan-e-Sadr.
Azam Nazeer Tarar, Khawaja Asif, Ahsan Iqbal, Rana Tanvir, Aleem Khan, Chaudhry Salik, and Jam Kamal were among the parliamentarians that PM Shehbaz had earlier suggested President Zardari designate as federal ministers. Other names on the suggested list are Ishaq Dar, Muhammad Aurangzeb, Ahad Cheema, Mohsin Naqvi, Khalid Maqbool Siddique, Ata Tarar, Owais Laghari, Qaiser Ahmed Sheikh, Riaz Pirzada, and Amir Maqam.
Even though Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif sent along the names of potential cabinet members, the ministries’ allocation has not yet been finalized. Sources, however, stated that Ishaq Dar, a close friend of the Sharif family and a four-time finance minister, will take over as foreign minister.