12-member Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa cabinet sworn in

K-P Governor Engineer Shaukatullah Khan administered the oath.


Web Desk June 13, 2013
K-P Governor Engineer Shaukatullah Khan administered the oath. PHOTO: AFP

PESHAWAR: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s (K-P) 12-member provincial cabinet took oath on Thursday, Geo News reported.

K-P Governor Engineer Shaukatullah Khan administered the oath.

The cabinet members included Habibur Rehman, Inayatullah, Shaukat Yousufzai, Israrullah, Bakht Bedar, Abrar Hussain, Muhammad Atif and others.

Two senior ministers – Sikandar Sherpao of the Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) and Sirajul Haq of the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) – had already taken oath on May 31. The same day, Pervez Khattak took oath at the Governor House as the 26th Chief Minister (CM) of K-P.

The long drawn out decision on the allocation of the education ministry – which both Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) desired – resulted in the coalition partners taking 13 days to finalise cabinet members.

COMMENTS (17)

Kashif | 11 years ago | Reply

People have to keep in mind that this is a coalation government, hence some ministries have to be given to the coalation partners. Hence PTI does not have a lot of wiggle room and can't be stubborn for every ministry. The good thing is that they have combined different portfolios under one minister to reduce the number of ministers and the expenses associated with the ministers. Ministires should be about getting things done, and not about gender. There is women representation in the house which should be good. End of the day, we should care more about what the ministries do rather than whether a male or a female heads the ministry.

Muslim Leaguer | 11 years ago | Reply

Mysteriously, the portfolios of these ministers have not been allotted as yet despite 33 days of winning the elections in KPK and 14 days since former class-mate of Hazrat Imran Khan Niazi has been nominated as Chief Minister. The CM, having a unique record of swining 4 political parties in the past, left no stone unturned in nominating his 3 family members as MPAs against reserved seats in KPK Assembly. PTI, due to lack of governance, has lost more than 2 weeks in trading in the ministries with its power-hungry coalition partners and has failed to provide any relief to the poor masses of the province. No working budget!

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