18-member caretaker cabinet takes oath

ISLAMABAD (92 News) - President Dr Arif Alvi administered the oath to 18-member caretaker cabinet at Presidents House on Thursday.

Prime Minister Anwarul Haq Kakar and other personalities attended the ceremony.

Shamshad Akhtar has been appointed as the Caretaker Finance Minister, while Murtaza Solangi will be Information Minister.

Sarfaraz Bugti will act as Caretaker Interior Minister, Lt Gen (retd) Anwar Ali Haider as Defense Minister, Aneeq Ahmed as Minister for Religious Affairs, Shahid Ashraf Tarar as Minister for Communications, Dr Nadeem Jan as Health Minister, Ahmed Irfan Aslam as Law Minister, Umar Saif as Information Technology Minister, Jalil Abbas Jilani as Foreign Minister and Jamal Shah as Minister for Culture, Gohar Ijaz will be Industry and Textile Minister

Madad Ali Sindhi, Mashaal Malik, Khalil George and Tabish Gohar will also be part of the cabinet.

Meanwhile, Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar has also decided to retain the personal staff of the former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif.