20-member AJK cabinet sworn in

MUZAFFARABAD: A 20-member cabinet of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), comprising 18 ministers and two advisers, took the oath of office here on Wednesday.

Acting AJK President Chaudhry Latif Akbar administered the oath to the ministers, while Prime Minister Raja Faisal Mumtaz Rathore administered the oath to advisers.

The swearing in ceremony was attended by former AJK president and prime minister Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan, former prime minister Sardar Tanveer Ilyas Khan, chief secretary, inspector general of police, senior government officials and a large number of Pakistan Peoples Party workers.

Those sworn in as ministers were Mian Abdul Waheed, Sardar Javed Ayub, Javed Iqbal Badhanvi, Chaudhry Arshad Hussain, Chaudhry Muhammad Rashid, Ali Shan Soni, Syed Bazal Ali Naqvi, Sardar Muhammad Hussain Khan, Chaudhry Yasir Sultan, Chaudhry Akhlaq Ahmed, Chaudhry Aamir Yasin, Sardar Zia-ul-Qamar, Zafar Iqbal Malik, Diwan Ali Khan Chughtai, Chaudhry Muhammad Rafiq Nayyar, Chaudhry Qasim Majeed, Sardar Faheem Akhtar Rabbani and Nabila Ayyub. Whereas Sardar Ahmed Saghir and Sardar Fahad Yaqoob were sworn in as advisers.