PESHAWAR: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s (K-P) 12-member provincial cabinet took oath on Thursday, Geo News reported.
K-P Governor Engineer Shaukatullah Khan administered the oath.
The cabinet members included Habibur Rehman, Inayatullah, Shaukat Yousufzai, Israrullah, Bakht Bedar, Abrar Hussain, Muhammad Atif and others.
Two senior ministers – Sikandar Sherpao of the Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) and Sirajul Haq of the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) – had already taken oath on May 31. The same day, Pervez Khattak took oath at the Governor House as the 26th Chief Minister (CM) of K-P.
The long drawn out decision on the allocation of the education ministry – which both Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) desired – resulted in the coalition partners taking 13 days to finalise cabinet members.
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No female minister in KP as cabinet takes oath
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PESHAWAR: Twelve ministers of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government took oath at the Governor’s House here on Thursday, whereas no female minister was sworn in.
Governor Engineer Shaukatullah administered the oath to the new cabinet.
The decision to appoint additional ministers in the provincial government was taken after a meeting, which concluded at midnight on Wednesday.
Israrullah Gandapur has been assigned the portfolio of Law and Parliamentary Affairs, Shaukat Yousufzai has Health and Information. Yousuf Ayub has been allotted the portfolio of Communication and Works whereas Shahram Khan Taraki has been handed over Agriculture.
Moreover, Inayatullah Khan has been assigned the portfolio of local governance, Bakht Baidar has been given Manpower and Industry, Ibrar Hussan Kamoli has been given Forest and Habibur Rehman has Zakat and USHR.
The Public Health portfolio has been assigned to Shah Farman and Ali Amin Gandapur has Revenue. Atif Khan has elementary education and Mehmood Khan has been allotted Higher Education.
Jamaat-i-Islami's (JI) Sirajul Haq and Qaumi Watan Party's (QWP) Sikandar Sherpao earlier took oath as senior ministers. Haq was assigned the portfolio of Finance whereas Sherpao has Energy.
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