{"id":70079,"date":"2024-03-11T18:38:04","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T18:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/ishaq-dar-becomes-fm-as-pm-shehbazs-19-member-cabinet-sworn-in\/"},"modified":"2024-03-11T18:38:04","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T18:38:04","slug":"ishaq-dar-becomes-fm-as-pm-shehbazs-19-member-cabinet-sworn-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/ishaq-dar-becomes-fm-as-pm-shehbazs-19-member-cabinet-sworn-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Ishaq Dar becomes FM as PM Shehbaz\u2019s 19-member cabinet sworn in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>PML-N leader Ishaq Dar was given the coveted slot of the minister of foreign affairs after President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday administered the oath to the 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<p>Later, a press release from the information ministry elaborated on the various portfolios assigned to the federal ministers.<\/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 \u2014 defence, defence production, aviation<\/li>\n<li>Mohammad Ishaq Dar, Senator \u2014 foreign affairs<\/li>\n<li>Ahsan Iqbal Chaudry, MNA \u2014 planning, development and special initiatives<\/li>\n<li>Rana Tanveer Hussain, MNA \u2014 industries and production<\/li>\n<li>Azam Nazeer Tarar, Senator \u2014 law and justice, human rights<\/li>\n<li>Chaudhry Salik Hussain, MNA \u2014 overseas Pakistanis and human resource development<\/li>\n<li>Abdul Aleem Khan, MNA \u2014 privatisation, Board of Investment<\/li>\n<li>Jam Kamal Khan, MNA \u2014 commerce<\/li>\n<li>Amir Muqam, MNA \u2014 states and frontier regions, national heritage and culture<\/li>\n<li>Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari, MNA \u2014 railways<\/li>\n<li>Attaullah Tarar, MNA \u2014 information and broadcasting<\/li>\n<li>Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, MNA \u2014 science and technology, federal education and professional training<\/li>\n<li>Qaiser Ahmed Sheikh, MNA \u2014 maritime affairs<\/li>\n<li>Mian Riaz Hussain Pirzada, MNA \u2014 housing and works<\/li>\n<li>Musadik Masood Malik, Senator \u2014 petroleum, power<\/li>\n<li>Muhammad Aurangzeb \u2014 finance, revenue<\/li>\n<li>Ahad Khan Cheema \u2014 economic affairs, establishment<\/li>\n<li>Mohsin Naqvi  \u2014 interior, narcotics control<\/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>Earlier, Attaullah said the portfolios of the federal ministers would be announced shortly. Talking to reporters in Islamabad after he took his oath, Tarar said the prime minister would address the cabinet members as well.<\/p>\n<p>Familiar faces returning include Khawaja Asif, Dar, Ahsan Iqbal, Azam Nazeer Tarar and Musadik Malik.<\/p>\n<p>While the grapevine was earlier rife with speculation about who would 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 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 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>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>The newly inducted cabinet later held its first meeting at the Prime Minister\u2019s House.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PML-N leader Ishaq Dar was given the coveted slot of the minister of foreign affairs after President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday administered the oath to the 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70080,"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-70079","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\/70079","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=70079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70079\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}