LAHORE: Punjab Chief Mi
nister (CM) Usman Buzdar approved on Tuesday the inducti
on of one more mi
nister for the pr
ovincial cabinet.
Earlier
on Friday, CM had approved the appointment of nine new mi
nisters in the pr
ovincial cabinet.
After the inclusi
on of 10 new mi
nisters in the Punjab Cabinet, the total number of mi
nisters in the province has reached up to 33.
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A ceremony is scheduled to be held tomorrow and the Governor Punjab Chaudhry Sarwar will admi
nister the oath to the new members of the cabinet.
Pir Syed Saeedul Hassan Shah, Meher Muhammad Aslam, Syed Hussain Jahania Gardezi, Muhammad Ajmal, Muhammad Akhlaq, Ashifa Riaz, Shoukat Ali Laleka, Zawar Hussain Warraich, and Ijaz Masih are the newly inducted mi
nisters.
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The cabinet will also include four advisors and five special assistants.
According to the sources, Abdul Haye Dasti, Faisal Hayat and Muhammad Hanif will be appointed advisers.
Whereas Muhammad Salman, Syed Rafaqat Ali Gillani, Umer Farooq, Ameer Muhammad Khan a, d Khurram Khan Leghari are likely to be made special assistants, the sources added.
A
23-member Punjab cabinet took oath on August 27.