ISLAMABAD -UNS: President Arif Alvi on Thursday administered oath to members of newly appointed caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar’s cabinet.
The oath-taking ceremony began with the recitation of the Holy Quran at the President House in Islamabad, which was attended by Kakar, Punjab interim Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi and others.
According to a list of cabinet members issued by the Presidency, 16 federal ministers took oath while the interim PM has also appointed three advisers.
Earlier in the day, senior journalist Murtaza Solangi told Dawn.com that he had been offered the portfolio of the information ministry, which he had accepted.
He later also confirmed to Reuters that former central bank chief Shamshad Akhtar was appointed as finance minister and Pakistan’s ex-ambassador to the United States, Jalil Abbas Jilani, was named foreign minister.
Federal ministers
Senator Sarfaraz Bugti
Jalil Abbas Jilani
Shamshad Akhtar
Lt General (r) Anwar Ali Hyder
Murtaza Solangi
Sami Saeed
Shahid Ashraf Tarar
Ahmad Irfan Aslam
Muhammad Ali
Gohar Ejaz
Umar Saif
Nadeem Jan
Khalil George
Aneeq Ahmad
Jamal Shah
Madad Ali Sindhi
Advisers to PM
Air Marshal (r) Farhat Hussain Khan
Ahad Khan Cheema
Waqar Masood Khan
Dr Saif took to X (formerly Twitter) to confirm that he had been entrusted with the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication. He also shared that he had taken the oath of office for this role.
