{"id":69979,"date":"2024-03-11T12:36:05","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T12:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/pm-shehbazs-19-member-cabinet-sworn-in\/"},"modified":"2024-03-11T12:36:05","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T12:36:05","slug":"pm-shehbazs-19-member-cabinet-sworn-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/pm-shehbazs-19-member-cabinet-sworn-in\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Shehbaz\u2019s 19-member cabinet sworn in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday administered the oath to a 19-member federal cabinet of newly elected Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier today, PM Shehbaz had sent a summary to President Zardari to appoint the cabinet, comprising 18 federal ministers and a minister of state.<\/p>\n<p>The PML-N\u2019s main ally, the PPP, has refused to become part of the federal cabinet.<\/p>\n<p>The oath-taking ceremony took place at the President House in Islamabad. The national anthem was played to inaugurate the ceremony, following which the Holy Quran was recited.<\/p>\n<p>According to a summary sent by the premier to President Zardari, a copy of which is available with <em>Dawn.com<\/em>, the cabinet includes 12 MNAs and three senators as federal ministers, as well as a minister of state. Three technocrats \u2014 Muhammad Aurangzeb, Mohsin Naqvi and Ahad Cheema are also included in the cabinet.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1819498\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The proposal for the appointment had been made under clause 1 of <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pakistani.org\/pakistan\/constitution\/part3.ch3.html#:~:text=92-,Federal,-Ministers%20and%20Ministers\">Article 92<\/a> (federal ministers and ministers of state) of the Constitution, which states: \u201cSubject to clauses 9 and 10 of Article 91, the president shall appoint federal ministers and ministers of state from amongst the members of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) on the advice of the prime minister.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2><a id=\"federal-ministers\" href=\"#federal-ministers\" class=\"heading-permalink\" aria-hidden=\"true\" title=\"Permalink\"\/>Federal ministers<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Khawaja Muhammad Asif, MNA<\/li>\n<li>Ahsan Iqbal Chaudry, MNA<\/li>\n<li>Rana Tanveer Hussain, MNA<\/li>\n<li>Azam Nazeer Tarar, Senator<\/li>\n<li>Chaudhry Salik Hussain, MNA<\/li>\n<li>Abdul Aleem Khan, MNA<\/li>\n<li>Jam Kamal Khan, MNA<\/li>\n<li>Amir Muqam, MNA<\/li>\n<li>Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari, MNA<\/li>\n<li>Attaullah Tarar, MNA<\/li>\n<li>Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, MNA<\/li>\n<li>Qaiser Ahmed Sheikh, MNA<\/li>\n<li>Mian Riaz Hussain Pirzada, MNA<\/li>\n<li>Mohammad Ishaq Dar, Senator<\/li>\n<li>Musadik Masood Malik, Senator<\/li>\n<li>Muhammad Aurangzeb<\/li>\n<li>Ahad Khan Cheema<\/li>\n<li>Mohsin Naqvi<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><a id=\"minister-of-state\" href=\"#minister-of-state\" class=\"heading-permalink\" aria-hidden=\"true\" title=\"Permalink\"\/>Minister of state<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Shaza Fatima Khawaja<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Familiar faces returning include ex-defence minister Khawaja Asif, former finance minister Ishaq Dar, ex-planning minister Ahsan Iqbal, former law minister Azam Nazeer Tarar and ex-state minister for petroleum Musadik Malik.<\/p>\n<p>While the grapevine is rife with speculation about who will get what portfolio, sources had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1820645\/new-cabinet-to-take-shape-this-week#:~:text=what%20portfolio.%20Sources-,say,-that%20Khawaja%20Asif\">said<\/a> that except Dar, all of the above would retain theirs.<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"media  sm:w-full  w-full  media--stretch  \"><figcaption class=\"media__caption  \">Ishaq Dar, Ahsan Iqbal, Azam Tarar, Aleem Khan, Attaullah Tarar and Musadik Malik take oath as federal ministers on March 11. \u2014 DawnNewsTV<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>Although both Ishaq Dar and HBL chief Muhammad Aurangzeb had been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1820645\/new-cabinet-to-take-shape-this-week#:~:text=Aurangzeb%20have%20been-,participating,-in%20recent%20meetings\">participating<\/a> in recent meetings on the economic situation, the appointment of the latter as a minister has strengthened <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1819486\">reports<\/a> of him heading the national kitty.<\/p>\n<p>The letter written by PM Shehbaz said that Dar and Malik \u201cshall continue in office as federal ministers\u201d after ceasing to be members of the Senate tomorrow (Tuesday).<\/p>\n<p>Istehkam-i-Pakistan Party leader Aleem Khan and Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan\u2019s Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui are also among the newly sworn-in federal ministers.<\/p>\n<p>Former caretaker Punjab chief minister Mohsin Naqvi, who is also currently the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman, is also among the ministers. A <em>Dawn<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1820645\/new-cabinet-to-take-shape-this-week\">report<\/a> stated he is in the run for interior minister and has admitted that he would be a candidate for the upcoming Senate elections.<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"media  sm:w-full  w-full  media--stretch    media--uneven  media--stretch\"><figcaption class=\"media__caption  \">Mohsin Naqvi and Khawaja Asif take oath as federal ministers on March 11. \u2014 DawnNewsTV<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>Other federal ministers include PML-N\u2019s Jam Kamal Khan, Amir Muqam, Sardar Awais Leghari, Attaullah Tarar, Qaiser Ahmed Sheikh and Riaz Hussain Pirzada, as well as the PML-Q\u2019s Chaudhry Salik Hussain.<\/p>\n<p>Former PM\u2019s aide Ahad Khan Cheema has also been sworn in as a federal minister while Shaza Fatima Khawaja, ex-PM\u2019s aide on youth affairs, has been appointed as a minister of state.<\/p>\n<p>Attaullah is tipped to be the new information minister while Khawaja is being named as a minister for IT.<\/p>\n<p>A source in the PM\u2019s Office had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1820645\/new-cabinet-to-take-shape-this-week\">told<\/a> <em>Dawn<\/em> that the prime minister held a marathon meeting on Sunday, which continued late into the night, to finalise the names of his new ministers. Earlier, the MQM-P had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1816168\">demanded<\/a> three to four ministries in the federal cabinet.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday administered the oath to a 19-member federal cabinet of newly elected Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Earlier today, PM Shehbaz had sent a summary to President Zardari to appoint the cabinet, comprising 18 federal ministers and a minister of state. The PML-N\u2019s main ally, the PPP, has refused to become [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69980,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.dawn.com\/large\/2024\/03\/11154829e9b488a.png?r=154911","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}