Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa interim cabinet takes oath

A 15-member caretaker provincial cabinet of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa was sworn in on Thursday at a ceremony held at the Governor House in Peshawar.

K-P interim Chief Minister Azam Khan formed a 15-member provincial cabinet, which includes 12 ministers and three advisors.

Governor Ghulam Ali administered oath to the cabinet members, felicitating them and conveying his best wishes.

The interim provincial ministers included Haji Ghafran, Khush Dil Khan, Hamid Shah, Advocate Saul Nazir, Fazal Elahi, Adnan Jalil, Taj Muhammad Afridi, Muhammad Ali Shah, Justice (Rtd) Irshad Qaiser and Dr Riaz Anwar.

Rehmat Salam Khattak, Shakir Allah and Himayatullah Khan have been appointed as advisors.

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Chief Secretary Dr Shehzad Bangash, Inspector General of Police Moazzam Jah Ansari, Commissioner Peshawar Riaz Mehsud, heads of administrative departments, and other political and social personalities were present at the oath-taking ceremony.

The development came days after Muhammad Azam Khan took oath as the caretaker chief minister at a swearing-in ceremony at the Governor House.

Khan, who belongs to Charsadda, has previously served as K-P finance minister from October 24, 2007, to April 1, 2008.

He also remained the secretary of the ministry of petroleum and natural resources in Islamabad and the chief secretary in K-P from September 1990 to July 1993.