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The oath was administered by Governor Punjab Malik Muhammad Rafique Rajwana.
Caretaker CM assures equal opportunity to all
The six-member cabinet comprises privatisation commission consultant Waqas Riaz, former chairman of Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) Zafar Mahmood, former Inspector-General of Punjab Shaukat Javed, and former provincial minister of excise and taxation Zia Haider Rizvi. The remaining two members are former president of the Lahore chamber of commerce Anjum Nisar and Jawwad Sajid.
Rizvi has also previously served as an adviser to the chief minister of Punjab and was appointed in 2013. He will be taking up the position of provincial minister for excise and taxation, Javed will take up the role as provincial interior minister, and Mahmood will take the responsibility of the minister of energy and power. Sajid will take up the portfolio of health minister while Nisar will head the minerals ministry.
On June 10, Punjab's interim CM Dr Askari said the interim government was responsible for providing equal opportunities to all political parties.
The caretaker CM added that his provincial cabinet will be limited and apolitical. “Our aim is to hold free and fair elections which we will work on under the Election Commission of Pakistan’s framework.”
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He also said that maintaining peace during the elections was the priority of the caretaker setup. “The district administration is always unbiased and is never part of politics,” he said.
Responding to a question, he said that “alien forces playing their role in the elections” is a political narrative used by political parties for their benefit.
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