Pakistan - Musharraf Takes Oath From Cabinet Today

Islamabad—President Pervez Musharraf will administer oath to a 24-member federal cabinet of Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani today (Monday).

Eleven out of 24-member cabinet will be from the PPP, eight from the PML-N, two from the ANP and one each from the JUI-F and FATA.

The list has been finalised with the approval of PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari and PML-N Quaid Mian Nawaz Sharif.

Ministers from the PPP are Shah Mehmood Qureshi (Foreign Affairs), Sherry Rehman (Information), Syed Naveed Qamar (Privatization, Ports and Shipping), Raja Pervez Ashraf (Water and Power), Syed Khursheed Shah (Labour, Manpower and Overseas Pakistanis), Qamar Zaman Kaira (Kashmir Affairs), Senator Farooq Naek (Law, Justice and Human Rights), Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar, (Defence), Portfolios of Najamuddin Khan, Nazar Gondal and Mir Hamayon Aziz Kurd would be announced later.

Ministers from the PML-N are Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan (senior Federal Minister, Communication), Senator Ishaq Dar (Finance, Economic Affairs and Commerce), Ahsan Iqbal (Education), Tahmina Daultana (Women Development), Sardar Mehtab Abbassi (Railways), Khawaja Asif (Petroleum and Natural Resources), Rana Tanveer Hussain (Food, Agriculture and Livestock), Shahid Khakan Abbasi (Defense Production) and Khawaja Saad Rafiq (Youth Affairs).

The minister from ANP are Ghulam Ahmed Bilour (Local Government and Rural Development) and Khwaja Khan Hoti's portfolio will be decided later.

JUI-F's Rehmatullah Kakar will be Minister for Religious Affairs, while FATA member Hameedullah Jan Afridi will be Minister for States and Frontier Region.