PM Shehbaz Sharif's 36-member cabinet takes oath

ISLAMABAD (92 News) - A 36-member cabinet of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif took the oath at a ceremony in Islamabad on Tuesday.

Chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjrani administered the oath to the cabinet members. 

These cabinet includes 31 federal ministers and three ministers of state.

Those who took oath as the federal ministers included: Khawaja Muhammad Asif (Defence), Ahsan Iqbal (Planning), Rana Sanaullah (Interior), Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Rana Tanveer Hussain (Federal Education and Professional Training), Khurram Dastgir Khan, Marriyum Aurangzeb (Information and Broadcasting), Khawaja Saad Rafique (Railways and Aviation), Miftah Ismail (Finance ), Mian Javed Latif, Riaz Hussain Pirzada, Murtaza Javed Abbasi, Azam Nazeer Tarar, Syed Khurshid Ahmad Shah (Water Resources), Syed Naveed Qamar (Commerce), Sherry Rehman (Climate Change), Abdul Qadir Patel (National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination), Shazia Marri (Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety), Syed Murtaza Mahmood (Industries and Production), Sajid Hussain Toori (Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development), Ahsan ur Rehman Mazari (Human Rights), Abid Hussain(Privatization). Asad Mahmood (Communications), Abdul Wassey (Housing and Works), Mufti Abdul Shakoor (Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony), Muhammad Talha Mahmood (States and Frontier Regions), Syed Amin-ul-Haq (Information Technology and Telecommunication), Syed Faisal Ali Sabzwari (Maritime Affairs), Muhammad Israr Tareen (Defence Production), Nawabzada Shahzain Bugti (Narcotics Control) and Tariq Bashir Cheema (National food Security and Research).

The Ministers of State who took the oath included: Dr Aisha Ghaus Pasha, Hina Rabbani Khar and Abdul Rehman Khan Kanju.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was also present on the occasion.

Qamar Zaman Kaira, Engineer Amir Muqam and Awn Chaudhary have been appointed as advisers to the prime minister.