Punjab cabinet to take oath today
Pakistan
25 ministers and special assistants will become part of Punjab cabinet
LAHORE (Dunya News) – The Punjab cabinet ministers will take oath today (Wednesday).
The oath-taking ceremony will be held at the Governor's House.
Arrangements have been finalised for swearing-in of the Punjab cabinet ministers. The ceremony will be held at 4pm.
Punjab Governor Balighur Rehman will administer oath to the provincial ministers. In the first phase, 25 ministers and special assistants will become part of the Punjab cabinet.
According to sources, the names of the cabinet ministers were approved by PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif.
Sources said Marriyum Aurangzeb would be the senior provincial minister. She will also hold the ministries of Planning and Development, Environment and Forest Department.
Azma Zahid Bukhari will be the Minister of Information and Culture. Ashiq Hussain Kirmani will be given the Ministry of Agriculture, Kazim Pirzada will hold the portfolio of Irrigation Department, Rana Sikandar Hayat will be assigned the Ministry of Primary Education. Chaudhry Shafey Hussain will be given the Ministry of Industries Department.
For the first time in the provincial cabinet, a Sikh community member will be made minister. Ramesh Singh Arora is expected to be given the Ministry of Minority Affairs.
Similarly, Tahir Khalil Sindhu will take over the Human Rights Ministry, Sher Ali Gorchani will have Mines and Minerals Ministry, Khawaja Salman Rafiq (Specialized Health), Khawaja Imran Nazir (Primary and Secondary Health), Zeeshan Rafiq (Local Government) and Malik Sohaib Ahmad Berth (Ministry of Communications).
