F.P. Report
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi, who previously had shown his inability to take oath from members of the federal cabinet on health grounds, finally gave in and agreed to perform his constitutional duty, on Friday.
President Arif Alvi on Friday administered oath of office to three new federal ministers and a state minister. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif witnessed the oath-taking ceremony held at the Aiwan-e-Sadr in Islamabad.
The federal ministers who took oath included Chaudhry Salik Hussain, Mian Javaid Latif and Agha Hassan Baloch. Balochistan National Party’s Hashim Notezai was also sworn in as state minister.
On oath, the cabinet members made its solemn pledge “to bear true faith and allegiance to Pakistan, discharge its duties honestly to the best of ability and faithfully in accordance with the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the law”.
“I will strive to preserve the Islamic Ideology which is the basis for the creation of Pakistan. That I will not allow my personal interest to influence my official conduct or my official decisions,” said the new ministers while chorus-reading the text of the official oath.
Earlier on April 19, Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani had sworn in the 33-member cabinet of PM Shehbaz Sharif.
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