19-member Pak Cabinet takes oath

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Pakistan prime minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday inducted 19 members into his Cabinet, ending the tenuous wait for the completion of government formation in the cash-strapped country...

Newly-elected president Asif Ali Zardari administered the oath to 19 members of the Cabinet at a ceremony held in the Presidents House and was attended by prime minister Sharif among others...

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

In a historic decision, Pakistan president Asif Zardari has decided to formally recognise his 31-year-old daughter Aseefa Bhutto as the first lady of the country, according to a media report The status of the first lady goes to the wife of the President..