Federal cabinet portfolios revealed

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) senior leader Miftah Ismail was appointed the new federal minister for finance after PM Shehbaz Sharif announced his 34-member cabinet today, ARY News reported.

Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani administered the oath to the newly-elected Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s 34-member cabinet.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, speaker of National Assembly Raja Pervaiz Ashraf and other officials also attended the ceremony.

The newly appointed finance Miftah Ismail will be among the officials responsible for negotiating with the IMF to resume seventh review of the $6 billion Extended Fund Facility program that went into jeopardy after former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s ouster through no-confidence motion.

PM SHEHBAZ SHARIF’S 34-MEMBER CABINET SWORN IN

Cabinet portfolios

Rana Sanaullah Interior Minister

Miftah Ismail Finance Minister

Hina Rabbani Khar Minister of State for Foreign Affairs

Ahsan Iqbal Planning, Development and Special Initiatives

Marriyum Aurangzeb Information and Broadcasting

Azam Nazeer Tarar Law and Justice

Ameenul Haq Information and Technology

Maulana Asad Communications

Mufti Shakoor Religious Affairs

Talha Mehmood SAFRON

Maulana Abdul Wasey Housing and Construction

Shazia Marri BISP

Qadir Patel Ministry of Health

Khawaja Saad Rafique Railways

Tariq Bashir Cheema Food Security

Israr Tareen Defence Production

Following are the names of the cabinet members:

Khawaja Muhammad Asif, MNA
Ahsan Iqbal Chaudhary, MNA
Rana Sana Ullah Khan, MNA
Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, MNA
Rana Tanveer Hussain. MNA
Khurrum Dastagir Khan, MNA
Marriyum Aurangzeb, MNA
Khawaja Saad Rafique, MNA
Mian Javed Latif, MNA
Mian Riaz Hussain Pirzada. MNA
Murtaza Javed Abbasi, MNA
Miftah Ismail
Azam Nazeer Tarar, Senator
Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah, MNA
Syed Naveed Qamar, MNA
Sherry Rehman, Senator
Abdul Qadir Patel, MNA
Shazia Marri, MNA
Syed Murtaza Mahmud, MNA
Sajid Hussain Turi, MNA
Ehsan ur Rehman Mazari, MNA
Abid Hussain Bhayo, MNA
Asad Mahmood, MNA
Abdul Wasay, MNA
Mufti Abdul Shakoor, MNA
Muhammad Talha Mahmood, Senator
Syed Amin-ul-Haque, MNA
Syed Faisal Ali Subzwari, Senator
Muhammad Israr Tareen, MNA
Nawabzada Shazain Bugti, MNA
Chaudhary Tariq Bashir Cheema, MNA

Ministers of state

Dr. Aisha Ghaus Pasha, MNA
Abdul Rehman Khan Kanju, MNA
Hina Rabbani Khar, MNA

Advisers to the PM

Awn Chaudhry
Amir Muqam
Qamar Zaman Kaira

It is pertinent to mention here that the federal cabinet that was scheduled to take oath yesterday was postponed after an excuse from President Arif Alvi.

Last week, Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjarani administered the oath to the newly-elected prime minister after President Arif Alvi complained of “discomfort”.