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Pakistan new cabinet has sworn in today. The oath was taken by President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf. The new cabinet consist of 21 members, which may be expanded later on. The most critical ministry of Finance went to PML-N Mr. Ishaq Dar. The new finance minister of Pakistan faces a tough task ahead as Pakistan economy is in bad shape and requires long term strategy. The short term injections given by the previous government has further deteriorated the economic situation in the country. The detail list of the ministers and their respective ministries can be found in the story below.
President Pervez Musharraf administered oath to the 24-member cabinet of premier Yusuf Raza Gilani at a ceremony at Aiwan-i-Sadr on Monday. Those who took oath as ministers are: Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan (Communications with additional charge of Food, Agriculture and Livestock), Shahid Khaqan Abbasi (Commerce), Tehmina Daultana (Culture), Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar (Defence), Rana Tanveer Hussain (Defence Production), Ahsan Iqbal (Eduction, additional charge Minorities), Hameed Ullah Jan Afridi (Environment), Muhammad Ishaq Dar (Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs and Statistics), Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi (Foreign Affairs), Rehmat Ullah Kakar (Housing and Works), Sherry Rehman (Information and Broadcasting), Qamar Zaman Kaira (Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas), Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah (Labour, Manpower and Overseas Pakistanis), Farooq H. Naik (Law and Justice), Haji Ghulam Ahmad Bilour (Local Government and Rural Development), Nazar Mohammad Gondal (Narcotics Control), Khawaja Mohammad Asif (Petroleum and Natural Resources, additional charge Sports), Humayun Aziz Kurd (Population Welfare), Syed Naveed Qamar (Ports and Shipping, additional charge Privatization and Investment), Syed Mehtab Ahmed Khan (Railways), Nawabzada Khawaja Mohammad Khan Hoti (Social Welfare, Special Education), Najmuddin Khan (States and Frontier Regions), Raja Pervaiz Ashraf (Water and Power), Khawaja Saad Rafique (Youth Affairs, Science and Technology). (Source Dawn)
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