President Asif Ali Zardari has taken the oath to the federal ministers newly appointed during an oath to the presidency, expanding the cabinet of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
The ceremony was followed by Prime Minister Shehbaz and other senior officials. With the addition of 13 federal ministers and 11 ministers of state, the total size of the cabinet now amounts to 31 members.
The newly sworn federal ministers include Hanif Abbasi, Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhry, Morin Wattoo, Mustafa Kamal, Sardar Yusuf, Ali Pervaiz, Shaza Fatima, Junaid Anwar, Khalid Magsi, Pir Imran Shah, Aurangzeb Kichi, Rana Mubashir and Raza Hayat.
The state ministers who took an oath include lawyer Aqil Malik, Malik Rashid, Armaghan Subhani, Talal Chaudhry, Kheal Das, Rehman Kanju, Bilal Kayani, Mukhtar Bhurt, Shizra Mansab, Anwar Chaudhry and Wajiha Qamar. The advisers of the Tauqeer Shah and Muhammad Ali also took an oath.
