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Twenty-three members of the Azad Kashmir Cabinet took oath on Thursday. Twenty-two of the members were ministers and 23rd member was the special assistant. The oath-taking ceremony was held in Muzaffarabad and President Azad Kashmir Raja Zulqarnanin Khan administered the oath of 22 ministers while PM Azad Kashmir Raja Farooq Haider administered the oath of special assistant. The Ministers who took the oath include Chaudhry Muhammad Yousaf, Chaudhry Rukhsar Ahmed, Mirza Shafique Jarral, Chaudhry Ali Shan, Malik Muhammad Nawaz, Sardar Muhammad Naeem Khan. Raja Muhammad Naseer Khan, Major (r) Mansab Dar Khan, Raja Muhammad Nisar Khan, Raja Muhammad Naseem Khan, Abdul Qayyum Khan Niazi, Dr. Muhammad Najeeb Naqqi, Sardar Farooq Ahmed Tahir, Begum Naureen Arif, Murtaza Gilani, Chaudhry Muhammad Ismael, Hafiz Hamid Raza, Raja Muhammad Siddique, Shaukat Ali Shah, Naheed Tariq, Atiqur Rehman Faizpuri and Sardar Sayab Kahlid. Muhtarma Nasreen Rani took oath as special assistant of the PM Azad Kashmir. Member Assembly Shamim Ali Malik did not take oath due to differences with the PM.
