14-member Balochistan cabinet takes oath

QUETTA: A 14-member provincial cabinet of Balochistan took oath in a sworn-in ceremony held in the Governor House, Balochistan.

Governor Balochistan Abdul Wali Kakar administrated the oath.

Those who took oath included Sadiq Umrani, Ali Madad Jattak, Zahoor Ahmed Buledi, Noor Muhammad Dumar, Sardar Faisal Jamali, Bakht Kakar, Tariq Magsi, Shoaib Nosherwani, Raheela Hamed Durrani, Sarfraz Domki, Abdul Rehman Khetran, Saleem Khosa, ZIa Langau and AsimKurd Gailu.

Chief Minister Balochistan Mir Sarfaraz Bugti, newly-elect MPAs, and IG Police attended the ceremony.

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Earlier, Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Sarfaraz Bugti took oath of office on March 2, but it took him a while to form a cabinet and start running provincial affairs smoothly.

The province’s chief executive had announced on March 22 that two more weeks were required to form the cabinet. Provincial lawmakers earlier linked the delay in the formation of cabinet with the Senate’s April 2 elections.

Following their win the general elections, a total of 57 lawmakers in the province were administered oath by Zamrak Khan Achakzai, who was appointed the presiding officer for the maiden session of the provincial legislative on February 28.

Members who took oath included the elected lawmakers from Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl, Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) and others.