• Governor approved the interim cabinet under Article 224(1A).
• The ministers were sworn in at a ceremony at the governor’s house.
• The portfolios of the cabinet members have yet not been announced.

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa(KP) Governor Haji Ghulam Ali administered oath to 15 ministers of the interim cabinet.

According to a notification issued by the Administrative Department of the KP government, the governor has approved the interim cabinet under Article 224(1A) of the Constitution.

The ministers who took the oath today include Barrister Sanwal Nazir, Bakht Nawaz , former inspector general (IG) Syed Masood Shah,  Fazal Elahi, Adnan Jalil, Shafi Ullah Khan, Shahid Khan Khattak, Haji Ghufran, Khushdil Khan Malik, Taj Muhammad Afridi, Muhammad Ali Shah, Justice (retd) Irshad Qaiser, Manzoor Khan Afridi, Abdul Haleem Qasuriya, and Hamid Shah.

The ministers were sworn in at a ceremony at the governor’s house. The portfolios of the interim cabinet members have yet not been announced.

On other hand, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and former provincial finance minister Taimur Jhagra has raised objections over the newly-appointed interim cabinet.

In his twitter message, Taimur Jhagra said sadly, this looks like a PDM cabinet.

Earlier, the KP government and the opposition, in a surprising development, reached an agreement on the name of the interim chief minister in the province.

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