President administers oath to new Federal Cabinet

ISLAMABAD, Jun 22 (APP): President Asif Ali Zardari Friday administered oath to the 38 members Federal Cabinet comprising 27 federal ministers and 11 ministers of state here at the Aiwan-e-Sadr.The oath taking ceremony was attended by newly elected Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, Chairman Senate Nayer Hussain Bokhari, Speaker National Assembly Dr Fehmida Mirza, members of the parliament and senior government officials.Those who took oath as Federal Minister included, Makhdoom Amin Faheem, Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, Nazar Muhammad Gondal, Haji Khuda Buksh Rajar, Dr Mohammad Farooq Sattar, Senator Maula Buksh Chandio, Mian Mohammad Manzoor Wattoo, Mir Changez Khan Jamali, Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah, Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani, Senator Babar Khan Ghori, Haji Ghulam Ahmed Bilour, Mir Israrullah Zehri, Senator Farooq H. Naek, Dr Arbab Alamgir Khan, Qamar Zaman Kaira, Chaudhry Pervaiz Ellahi (senior minister), Makhdoom Shahabuddin, Syed Naveed Qamar, Farzana Raja, Eng. Shaukat Ullah, Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar, Rana Mohammad Farooq Saeed Khan, Mrs Sameena Khalid Gurki, Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan and Sardar Alhaj Muhammad Omar Gorgeig.