Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar’s cabinet has sworn in at a ceremony held at Aiwan-e-Sadr in Islamabad on Thursday.

President Arif Alvi administered oaths to the 19-member interim federal cabinet comprising 16 federal ministers and 3 advisers to the caretaker prime minister.

The oath-taking ceremony started with the recitation of the Holy Quran at the President’s House, which was attended by Kakar, Punjab interim Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi, and others.

Today’s swearing-in ceremony comes days after Caretaker Prime Minister Kakar was sworn in as the caretaker premier following weeks-long deliberations.

Federal ministers

1. Senator Sarfaraz Ahmed Bugti
2. Jalil Abbas Jilani
3. Shamshad Akhtar
4. Lt General (r) Anwar Ali Hyder
5. Murtaza Solangi
6. Sami Saeed
7. Shahid Ashraf Tarar
8. Ahmad Irfan Aslam
9. Muhammad Ali
10. Gohar Ejaz
11. Umar Saif
12. Nadeem Jan
13. Khalil George
14. Aneeq Ahmad
15. Jamal Shah
16. Madad Ali Sindhi

Advisers to PM

1. Air Marshal (retd) Farhat Hussain Khan
2. Ahad Khan Cheema
3. Waqar Masood Khan

Who is who in the Interim Federal Cabinet

-Foreign Affairs: Jalil Abbas Jilani

-Information and Broadcasting: Murtaza Solangi

-Interior/ Overseas Pakistanis / NARCO: Sarfraz Bhugti

-Defence / Defence Production/ Aviation: Lt Gen (Retd) Anwar Ali Haider

-Law and Justice / National Resources / Climate Change and Water: Ahmed Irfan Aslam

-Energy & Power Petroleum: Muhammad Ali

-Finance & Revenue / Economic Affairs /Statistics/ Privatization: Ms. Shamshad Akhtar

-Commerce/ Textile / Industries / Production: Gohar Ejaz

-Info-Tech and Telecom / Science & Technology: Dr Umer Saif

-Planning & Development: Sami Saeed -National Heritage & Culture: Jamal Shah

-Federal Education / National Harmony / Youth Affairs: Madad Ali Sindhi

-National Health Services, Regulation & Control: Dr Nadeem Jan

-Human Rights/ Women Empowerment: Khalil George

-Religious Affairs/ Hajj/ Interfaith Harmony: Aniq Ahmed

-Communication (Railway / Postal Services / Ports / Maritime Affairs): Capt (R) Shahid Ashraf Tarar