An 11-member cabinet of the caretaker Punjab government took oath of office at the Punjab Governor House on Thursday evening.
Witnessed by Punjab Caretaker Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi, Punjab Governor Balighur Rehman administered the oath of office to the new members.
The cabinet members include:
SM Tanveer
Tamkinat Karim
Dr Javaid Akram
Ibrahim Murad
Bilal Afzal
Dr Jamal Nasir
Mansoor Qadir
Wahab Riaz
Syed Azfar Ali Nasir
Amir Mir
Nasim Sadiq
Wahab Riaz clueless
National cricketer Wahab Riaz was surprised to find himself named in the caretaker set up of Punjab.
“I am thankful to have been included in the caretaker set up,” he told SAMAA TV, confirming that he had been picked as the sports minister in the caretaker setup.
He added that he has not even spoken to the caretaker chief minister yet in this regard.
Asked about taking oath of the cabinet, he said that he was heading to Bangladesh to play the premier league there.
The names of the probable cabinet members had been previously disclosed by SAMAA TV and included the members of the cabinet include Bilal Afzal, SM Tanveer, Dr Javed Akram, Ibrahim Murad, journalist Tamkinat Karim, Dr Jamal Nasir, Mansoor Qadir, Wahab Riaz, Syed Azfar Ali Nasir, Aamir Mir and Naseem Sadiq.
It is pertinent to mention that Punjab’s caretaker Chief Minister Naqvi took oath on Sunday.
Punjab Governor Muhammad Balighur Rehman administered the oath to Mohsin Naqvi.
Punjab Chief Secretary Abdullah Khan Sumbal read the official notification before the oath ceremony, attended by senior civil and military officials.
