MUZAFFARABAD: The newly formed eight-member cabinet of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) took the oath on Friday, with Acting President Chaudhry Tariq Farooq administering it to the new ministers.
The oath-taking ceremony was held at the President’s House in Muzaffarabad and was attended by AJK Prime Minister Iftikhar Gilani, Chief Secretary and other senior officials and dignitaries.
After the oath-taking ceremony, the first phase of forming the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) cabinet has been completed, with the appointment of eight members of the Legislative Assembly as ministers.
AJK Prime Minister Barrister Iftikhar Gilani approved the appointment, while the Cabinet Section of the Services and General Administration Department issued the formal notification Friday.
According to the notification, Sardar Mir Akbar Khan, Dr Mustafa Bashir Abbas, Waqar Ahmed Noor, Saqib Majeed Raja, Azhar Sadiq, Muhammad Riyasat Khan, Umair Naeem and Abdul Rehman have been inducted into the AJK cabinet.
The prime minister approved their appointments under Article 14(1) of the Interim Constitution of 1974.
Sources said the cabinet is expected to be expanded in a second phase, with more ministers and advisers likely to be inducted later.
Former AJK prime minister Farooq Haider, PML-N AJK President Shah Ghulam Qadir, members of the Legislative Assembly and senior bureaucrats also attended the ceremony.
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