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Altaf Hamid Rao
MIRPUR (AJK), September 4: An eight-member cabinet of the newly elected PML-N-led Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government took oath of office in Muzaffarabad on Friday, completing the first phase of cabinet formation, official sources said.
The oath-taking ceremony was held at the Aiwan-e-Sadr in the state capital, where Acting AJK President Chaudhry Tariq Farooq administered the oath to the newly appointed ministers.
Those who took oath included Sardar Amir Akbar Khan, Chaudhry Azhar Sadiq, Dr Mustafa Bashir, Colonel (R) Waqar Noor, Raja Saqib Majid, Umair Naeem, Raja Riyasat and Abdul Rehman Arain.
The AJK government had earlier issued a formal notification regarding the appointment of the new cabinet members. According to the notification, the eight ministers were inducted with the approval of newly elected AJK Prime Minister Iftikhar Gilani.
Following the ceremony, the new cabinet formally assumed its responsibilities and started functioning. The ministers are expected to begin work on their assigned responsibilities after portfolios are allocated by the government.
The government is expected to allocate portfolios to the newly inducted ministers shortly, according to official sources. The appointments complete the first phase of the cabinet formation process and mark the beginning of the new government’s formal functioning.
The oath-taking ceremony marks the completion of the first phase of cabinet formation under the newly elected PML-N-led AJK government.
First Phase of PML-N Led AJK Government Cabinet Completes
