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Naveed Ahmad Khan

Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s cabinet took oath on Monday, with many old faces returning to his team.

The oath was administered by President Asif Ali Zardari in a ceremony at the President House.

The prime minister had moved a summary containing 19 names who will be appointed as federal ministers to the president of Pakistan. Under the constitution president is the appointing authority for federal minister but functions on the advise of the prime minister.

The summary seen by Aaj News indicates that the cabinet will have a total of 19 members and will include both ministers and advisors. The final portfolios wil be announced in a notification.

There is a strong likelihood that multiple ministries will be held by a combination of advisors and ministers.

Muhammad Aurangzeb will be the advisor on finance, while Azam Nazeer Tarar will be the law minister.

After falling out of the race of finance minister, Ishaq Dar is likely to head the foreign affairs ministry.

Atta Tarar will be minister for information, Khawaja Asif will be minister for defence and Ahsan Iqbal will be minister for planning. Musadik Malik is expected to be made minister of petroleum.

Mohsin Naqvi is likely to be made advisor for interior while Ahad Cheema will also join the cabinet despite serving in the caretaker cabinet.

Here is the full list of cabinet members moved by the PM:

MNAs as federal ministers

Khawaja Asif

Ahsan Iqbal

Tanveer Hussain

Azam Nazeer Tarar

Chaudhry Salik Hussain

Jam Kamal

Amir Muqam

Awais Leghari

Attaullah Tarar

Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui

Qaiser Ahmed Sheikh

Riaz Pirzada

Senators as federal ministers

Ishaq Dar

Musadik Malik

Non-parliamentarian ministers

Muhammad Aurangzeb

Ahad Cheema

Mohsin Raza Naqvi

State ministers

Shaza Fatima Khawaja

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