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LAHORE: Eight members of Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz’s cabinet have taken oath in a ceremony held late on Monday in the first phase.
Newly-appointed Governor Punjab Muhammad Balighur Rehman administrated the oath to provincial ministers at the Governor’s House. Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz was also present at the oath-taking ceremony which was held past midnight.
Rana Muhammad Iqbal, Atta Tarar, Ali Haider Gilani and Awais Leghari were among those who were sworn in. Salman Rafique, Malik Ahmad Khan, Hassan Murtaza and Bilal Asghar also tookoath.
Ali Haider Gilani, the son of PPP leader and former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, is also part of the provincial cabinet.
PML-N’s Attaullah Tarar was appointed as the home minister, Malik Ahmad Khan took charge of the law ministry and parliamentary affairs and Khawaja Salman Rafique assumed the charge as the health minister.
PPP leader Hassan Murtaza will be the senior minister while Khawaja Salman Rafique has been given the portfolio of Health Minister, and Awais Leghari has been given the portfolio of Local Government Minister.
Earlier Lahore High Court Chief Justice Muhammad Ameer Bhatti administered the oath to PML-N’s Muhammad Baligh Ur Rehman as the new Governor of Punjab.
Soon after, Governor Baligh administered oath to the new cabinet members. Chief Secretary Punjab Kamran Ali Afzal read out the notification regarding the appointments of the provincial ministers.
President Arif Alvi approved the appointment of Muhammad Baligh Ur Rehman as the new Punjab governor.
President Alvi approved the summary on the advice of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif under Article 101(1) of the Constitution of Pakistan.
