ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: Eight members of the new cabinet of Punjab took oath on Monday night from the new Governor Baligh-ur-Rahman at the Governor House.
Earlier, Chief Justice of Lahore High Court Muhammad Ameer Bhatti administered the oath to Muhammad Baligh Ur Rehman as the new Governor of Punjab, who belongs to PML(N). Soon after taking oath, Governor Baligh-ur-Rahman administered oath to the new cabinet members.
Chief Secretary Punjab Kamran Ali Afzal read out the notification regarding the appointments of the provincial ministers.
According to the notification, Rana Mohammad Iqbal, Sardar Ovais Khan Laghari, Malik Mohammad Ahmad Khan, Khawaja Salman Rafique, Hassan Murtaza, Ataullah Tarar, Chaudhry Bilal Asghar and Aly Haider Gillani took oath as ministers in the first phase.
Chief Minister Punjab Hamza Shahbaz and other high-ups were present on the occasion. The CM Punjab also felicitated the new cabinet members.
After the oath-taking ceremony, Hamza vowed to solve issues of the people and said, “our motive is to serve mankind.”
“We will move ahead with new hope and spirit and our first and last priority is to solve the issues of the masses,” he said.
