Although more than a week has passed since the change of power in Pakistan, it has not yet been possible to form a new cabinet. On April 11, Muslim League leader Shahbaz Sharif was sworn in as the country’s 23rd prime minister. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has been ousted, but has not been able to form a cabinet. The news was reported by Geo News in a report.
The new cabinet members were to be sworn in on April 17. However, President Arif Alvi refused to take the oath. As a result, the date of taking oath has been postponed.
Sources say Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjarani will swear in the new ministers in his absence as a result of the president’s refusal. This formality may be completed on Tuesday or the next Wednesday.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .It is learned that 10 to 12 people can take oath as ministers in the new government in the first phase. Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Asif Ali Zardari has advised Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif to keep all coalition partners in the cabinet.
PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto is reportedly set to become foreign minister.
Influential PPP leader Khurshid Shah has said that Shahbaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) will get 14 ministers in the new cabinet. Coalition partners PPP and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) have 11 and 4 members in the new cabinet, respectively. In addition, seven ministries will be given to other members of the ruling coalition.
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