PM approves 21-member federal cabinet

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi Saturday approved a 21-member federal cabinet, comprising 16 ministers and five advisers.

Central spokesperson of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) Fawad Chaudhry on his Twitter account said the nominated cabinet would take oath on Monday morning at the President’s House.

The cabinet members will include:

Ministers:-

Senator Muhammad Farogh Naseem         Law and Justice

Chaudhry Tariq Bashir Cheema         States and Frontier Regions

Noor ul Haq Qadri                             Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony

Dr Shireen M. Mazari                        Human Rights

Ghulam Sarwar Khan                          Petroleum Division

Zubaida Jalal                                       Defence Production

Fawad Ahmed                                         Information and Broadcasting Division

Aamir Mehmood Kiyani                         National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination

Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Hussain Qureshi     Foreign Office

Pervez Khattak                                       Defence

Asad Umar                                   Finance, Revenue, and Economic Division

Sheikh Rashid Ahmed                       Railways

Fehmida Mirza                                   Inter-Provincial Coordination

Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui                   Information Technology and Telecommunication

Shafqat Mahmood                           Federal Education and Professional Training National History and                                                                Literary Heritage Division

Khusro Bakhtiar                           Water Resources

Advisors:-

Mohammad Shehzad Arbab              Establishment

Abdul Razak Dawood                        Commerce, Textile, Industry, Production and Investment

Dr Isharat Hussain                              Institutional Reforms and Austerity

Amin Aslam                                Climate Change

Zaheer ud din Babar Awan                 Parliamentary Affairs