PTI announces Punjab and KP governments' cabinet members
The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Sunday announced the names of the cabinet members for Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) governments following a meeting at the party chairman and Prime Minister Imran Khan's Banigala residence in Islamabad.
For Punjab, a 24-member cabinet was named, with 23 of them being ministers and Muhammad Akram Chaudhry to serve as a political advisor.
Of the 23 Punjab ministers, 15 have already been assigned their portfolios whereas the remaining eight's responsibilities will be finalised at a later date.
For KP, meanwhile, a 15-member cabinet — comprising 12 ministers, two advisors, and a special assistant — was announced. The portfolios and responsibilities of all the KP govt ministers except one have been finalised.
Punjab govt cabinet:
- Hafiz Mumtaz Ahmad - Minister for Excise, Taxation and Narcotics Control
- Makhdoom Hashim Bakht - Minister for Finance
- Samiullah Chaudhry - Minister for Food
- Faizul Hassan Chohan - Minister for Information and Culture
- Muhammad Sibtain Khan - Without Portfolio
- Sardar Asif Nakai - Without Portfolio
- Hafiz Ammar Yassir - Without Portfolio
- Yasir Humayun Sarfaraz - Minister for Higher Education/Tourism Department
- Mian Mehmoodur Rasheed - Minister for Housing, Urban Development and Public Health Engineering
- Mian Aslam Iqbal - Minister for Industries, Commerce and Investment
- Malik Nouman Langrial - Without Portfolio
- Raja Basharat - Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs
- Aleem Khan - Minister for Local Government and Community Development
- Raja Rashid Hafeez - Minister for Revenue
- Hasnain Dareshak - Without Portfolio
- Malik Muhammad Anwar - Without Portfolio
- Dr Yasmin Rashid - Senior Minister for Primary and Secondary Healthcare/Specialised Healthcare and Medication Education
- Taimoor Khan - Minister for Youth Affairs/Sports
- Mohsin Laghari - Minister for Irrigation
- Murad Ross - Minister for School Education
- Chaudhry Zaheeruddin - Without Portfolio
- Anser Majeed Niazi - Minister for Labour and Manpower
- Hashim Dogar - Without Portfolio
KP govt cabinet:
- Muhammad Atif Khan - Senior Minister and Minister for Tourism
- Shah Ram Khan Tarakai - Minister for Local Government
- Taimoor Saleem Khan Jhagra - Minister for Finance
- Syed Muhammad Ishtiaq Urmer - Minister for Forest
- Haji Qalandar Khan Lodhi - Minister for Food
- Akhtar Ayub Khan - Without Portfolio
- Shakeel Ahmed Khan - Minister for Revenue
- Mohibullah Khan - Minister for Agriculture
- Dr Amjad Ali - Minister for Mineral Development
- Ziaullah Khan Bangash - Advisor to Chief Minister
- Sultan Muhammad Khan - Minister for Law
- Dr Hisham Inamullah Khan - Minister for Health
- Kamran Khan Bangash - Minister for Information Technology
- Abdul Karim - Advisor to the Chief Minister on Industries
- Shah Muhammad Khan - Special Assistant to the Chief Minister on Transport