Pakistan

PML-N's Abid Sher Ali takes oath as Minister of State

Sher Ali was elected from NA-84 Faisalabad in the general elections in May.

Web Desk July 26, 2013 Less than a minute read

Minister of State Abid Sher Ali is administered his oath by the acting President Nayyar Hussain Bokhari at the Aiwan-e-Sadr on Friday. PHOTO: PID

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) MNA Abid Sher Ali was sworn in as Minister of State on Friday.

Acting president, Syed Nayyar Hussain Bokhari administered the oath at the Aiwan-e-Sadr.

Speaker National Assembly, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq and Federal Minister for Water and Power, Khawaja Muhammad Asif were among the officials present during the oath-taking ceremony.

It was previously announced that Ali will be handed the portfolio of Minister of State for Water and Power.

Ali, who is the nephew of PML-N chief and incumbent Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, was elected from NA-84 Faisalabad in the general elections in May.