Eight-member Punjab cabinet takes oath in first phase

F.P. Report

LAHORE: An eight-member provincial cabinet of Punjab was sworn during a ceremony at the Governor s House in Lahore on late Monday night.

Punjab Governor Baligh Ur Rehman administered the oath to the new cabinet members. Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz and other high ups of Punjab government were present in the oath-taking ceremony.

Chief Secretary Punjab Kamran Ali Afzal read out the notification regarding the appointments.

Those who took oath in the first phase of new Punjab cabinet included Rana Muhammad Iqbal, Atta Tarar, Ali Haider Gilani, Awais Leghari, Khawaja Salman Rafique, Malik Ahmed Khan, Hassan Murtaza and Bilal Asghar.

Eight members were sworn-in in the first phase of the forming the cabinet by the Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz.