ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: President Mamnoon Hussain on Tuesday administered Oath of Office to a six-member Caretaker Federal Cabinet at a Ceremony held at Aiwan-e-Sadr in Islamabad.
The Ceremony was attended among others by the Caretaker Prime Minister Justice (retd) Nasir-ul-Mulk.
The Caretaker Federal Cabinet includes Dr. Shamshad Akhtar, Mrs. Roshan Khurshid, Barrister Ali Zafar, Abdullah Hussain Haroon, Azam Khan and Muhammad Yousaf Sheikh.
Caretaker Federal Cabinet takes oath
President Mamnoon Hussain administers oath
Federal Cabinet comprises 6 members including 2 females pic.twitter.com/WyPyI32mmT— PTV World (@WorldPTV) June 5, 2018
Three ministers of the Caretaker Federal Cabinet hail from Sindh, two from Punjab while one Mrs. Roshan Khurshid belongs to Balochistan.
Meanwhile, the Cabinet Division has issued a notification allotting portfolios to the newly sworn in the Caretaker Cabinet members.
As per the notification, Pakistan’s former Representative to the United Nations Abdullah Hussain Haroon has been assigned the portfolio of Foreign Affairs and National Food Security. The additional charge of Ministries of Defense and Defense Production has also been entrusted to him.
The former Governor State Bank of Pakistan Dr. Shamshad Akhtar has been made th Minister for Finance, Statistics and Planning and Development. The additional charge of Ministry of Commerce and Industries and Production has also been given to her.
Azam Khan has been handed over the portfolio of Ministries of Interior, CADD and Narcotics. The additional Charge of Inter Provincial Coordination has also been given to him.
Syed Ali Zafar has been assigned the portfolio of Ministry of Law and Justice, Parliamentary Affairs and Information and Broadcasting while Muhammad Yousaf Sheikh has been given the Ministries of health, Education and Religious affairs.
Likewise, Mrs Roshan Khurshid has been assigned the portfolios of Human Rights, SAFRON and Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan Affairs.
