Islamabad, Aug. 19 (TNS): The new Federal Cabinet will take oath at the President House in Islamabad tomorrow (Monday).
According to Spokesperson of PTI, the 21-member cabinet includes sixteen ministers and five advisers.
A day earlier, Prime Minister Imran Khan announced a relatively small 21-member federal cabinet, comprising 16 ministers and five advisors.
Almost one-third of the nominated cabinet members previously served in various ministerial positions during the Musharraf regime between 1999 and 2008.
PTI allies were handed over six of 16 ministries: Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) was given two ministries and one each to Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q), Awami Muslim League (AML), Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) and Balochistan Awami Party (BAP).
Two other allies – Akhtar Mengal’s Balochistan National Party (BNP) and Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) – did not get any share in the cabinet.
Seven of the nominated ministers and advisors had previously served on key posts during the Musharraf’s era. Two others served as cabinet members during the previous PPP government (2008-2013).
Asad Umar, Dr Shireen Mazari, Ghulam Sarwar Khan, Fawad Chaudhry, Aamir Mehmood Kiyani, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Pervez Khattak, Shafqat Mehmood, Khusro Bakhtiar were among the new cabinet members.
Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Farogh Naseem, Tariq Bashir Cheema, Zubaida Jalal and Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed also made it to the next federal cabinet.
Asad Umar was assigned the portfolio of finance, revenue, and economic affairs.
PTI’s Vice-Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi, who served as foreign minister during the previous PPP government, was again assigned to handle foreign affairs.
Former CM Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pervez Khattak will look after the defense ministry, Dr Shirin Mazari will serve as the minister for human rights, Fawad Chaudhry will be the minister for information and broadcasting, Shafqat Mehmood will look after the ministry of education and professional training.
Meanwhile, Noorul Haq Qadri was given the portfolio of religious affairs.
Farogh Nasim and Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, both of the MQM-P, have been given the ministries of law, justice and information technology and telecommunication, respectively.
