Summary The new federal cabinet is likely to take oath today (Friday).
ISLAMABAD (Online) - President Asif Ali Zardari will administer the oath to the new ministers.
Chaudhry Nisar, Khawaja Asif, Ishaq Dar, Saad Rafiq, Ahsan Iqbal, Murtaza Jatoi, Pervez Rasheed, Pir Sadar-ud-Din Shah Rashdi and Abdul Qadir Baloch are likely to be among the new inductees in the new federal cabinet.
According to media reports, Chaudhry Nisar will get Interior Minister portfolio, Khawaja Asif will get Energy ministry, Ahsan Iqbal will be appointed Science and Technology minister, Ishaq Dar will get Finance Minister portfolio while Pervez Rasheed will be appointed Minister of Information.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, has delayed unveiling of his cabinet, which was expected to be sworn in soon after his oath-taking on Wednesday.
Sources in PML-N said the new premier was still in the process of ‘carefully’ analysing names of the lawmakers who will form his cabinet in the first phase. The cabinet will likely take oath on Friday or Saturday, they added.
