Saturday, August 5, 2017

PM Abbasi's First Cabinet Sworn-in


Here is the list of cabinet members and their portfolios


ISLAMABAD: Forty-six member Federal Cabinet of Interim Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi took oath at a ceremony at Aiwan-e-Sadr in Islamabad on Friday.

The cabinet includes 28 federal ministers and 18 ministers of state.

Yesterday, a 47-member cabinet was finalised by PML-N leadership; however, due to the refusal of Daniyal Aziz to take oath, the number of cabinet members stood at 46.

Reports said Daniyal Aziz had arrived to take oath but got angry when the PML-N leader knew that he has been given the portfolio of State Minister, instead of Federal Minister.



The cabinet members and their portfolios are:

1. Ishaq Dar, Federal Minister of Finance

2. Khawaja Asif, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs

3. Ahsan Iqbal, Interior Minister

4. Khurram Dastgir, Defense Minister

5. Sardar Muhammad Yousaf, Minister for Religious Affairs

6. Saad Rafique: Minister of Railways

7. Sheikh Aftab, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs

8. Abdul Qadir Baluch, Minister of SAFRON

9. Baleegh Ur Rehman, Education and Training

10. Akram Durrani, Minister of Housing

11. Riaz Hussain Pirzada, Minister for Inter Provincial Coordination

12. Mushaid Ullah, Minister of Climate Change

13. Kamran Michael, Minister for Port and Shipping

14. Pervez Malik, Minister for Commerce and Trade

Others who sworn in as the federal ministers included Barjees Tahir, Parvaiz Malik, Zahid Hamid, Mumtaz Ahmed Tarar,  Salahuddin Tirmizi and Rana Tanveer.

While Ministers of States are Tariq Fazal Chaudhry , Mohsin Shah Nawaz Ranjha, Marriyum Aurangzeb,  Pir Ameer ul Hasnat, Anusha Rahman, Jam Kamal Khan, Talal Chuadhry, Barrister Usman Ibrahim, Junaid Anwaar Chaudhary, Abdul Rehman Kanjo, Awais Laghari, Ghalib Khan, Ayaz Shirazi, Chaudhry Jafar Iqbal, Dostain Khan and Saira Afzal Tarar. - Samaa

Wednesday, August 2, 2017

Abbasi Sworn-in as interim PM winning 221 votes PMLN protests in NA




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Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
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24th Prime Minister of Pakistan
Assumed office
1 August 2017
PresidentMamnoon Hussain
Preceded byNawaz Sharif
Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources
In office
7 June 2013 – 28 July 2017
Prime MinisterNawaz Sharif
Preceded byAsim Hussain
Minister for Commerce
In office
31 March 2008 – 13 May 2008
Prime MinisterYousaf Raza Gillani
Preceded byHumayun Akhtar Khan
Succeeded byAmeen Faheem
Chair of the Pakistan International Airlines
In office
27 December 1997 – 12 October 1999
Prime MinisterNawaz Sharif
Preceded byFarooq Umar
Succeeded byAhmad Saeed
Personal details
Born27 December 1958 (age 58)
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Political partyPakistan Muslim League (N)
RelativesKhaqan Abbasi (Father)
Sadia Abbasi (Sister)
EducationUniversity of California, Los Angeles (BSc)
George Washington University(MEng)
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Wednesday, July 5, 2017

US Senate Delegation headed by Sen McCain @SenJohnMcCain Chairman Armed services Committe Visits Wana SW




Jul 3, 2017
A five-member US Senate delegation led by Senator John McCain, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee called on the Prime Minister in Islamabad today. Other members of the delegation included Senators Lindsey Graham (Republican), Elizbeth Warren (Democrat), Sheldon Whitehouse (Democrat) and David Perdue (Republican). The Prime Minister was assisted by Minister for Finance Mr. Ishaq Dar, Adviser to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs, Mr. Sartaj Aziz, National Security Adviser, Lt. Gen. Nasser Khan Janjua and other senior officials.



Wednesday, June 7, 2017

Iran attacks leave 12 dead at parliament and Khomeini mausoleum