Khoso's cabinet takes oath

Published April 2, 2013

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Caretaker prime minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso speaks with media representatives in Islamabad. — Photo by AFP/File

ISLAMABAD: The 14-member interim cabinet of caretaker premier Justice (retd) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso took oath in Islamabad on Tuesday, DawnNews reported.

President Asif Ali Zardari administered the oath of office to ministers in the interim cabinet. The ceremony was also attended by the caretaker prime minister. The ministers who took oath are: Malik Habib, Ahmer Bilal Soofi, Dr Musaddaq Malik, Arif Nizami, Shahzada Ahsan Ashraf and Shahzada Jamal from Punjab; Sohail Wajahat H. Siddique, Maqbool H.H. Rahmatoola and Dr Younis Soomro from Sindh; Abdul Malik Kasi, Asad Ullah Mandokhel and Mir Hassan Dhomki from Balochistan and Dr Sania Nishtar and Feroze Jamal Shah Kakakhel from KP.

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