Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari administers oath to 19-member Cabinet recommended by PM Sharif

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Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday administered the oath to 19 members of the Cabinet of the newly elected Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, ending the tenuous wait for the completion of government formation...

The oath-taking ceremony was held in the Presidents House and was attended by Prime Minister Sharif among others...

The portfolio of the new minister will be announced later..

Azam Tarar will be the law minister, Atta Tarar the information minister, Musaddik Malik the petroleum minister, Mohsin Naqvi the interior minister and Ahad Cheema the minister for Kashmir affairs...

They include ex-defence minister Khawaja Asif, former finance minister Ishaq Dar, ex-planning minister Ahsan Iqbal, former law minister Azam Nazeer Tarar and ex-state minister for petroleum Musadik Malik...