KP new interim cabinet to swear in tomorrow

Caretaker Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister’s new cabinet is expected to take the oath on Saturday after an official announcement for the names of selected members, reported the 24NewsHD TV channel.

Earlier, KP Governor Haji Ghulam Ali approved the summary of the caretaker provincial cabinet on behalf of the caretaker chief minister and he will administer the oath of office to the caretaker provincial ministers tomorrow at the Governor's House.

According to sources, the number of caretaker ministers is nine. Four out of nine cabinet members were belonging to the previous caretaker provincial cabinet.

The caretaker cabinet will also include two advisers and a special assistant.

Syed Masood Shah, Feroz Jamal Shah, Rasool Bangash, Asif Rafiq, Dr. Najeebullah, Dr. Muhammad Qasim Jan, Justice (retd) Arshad Hussain Shah, Syed Amir Abdullah and Justice (retd) Irshad Qaiser would be the caretaker ministers.

Sources added that Dr Riaz Anwar and Dr Sarfaraz Ali Shah will be the adviser and Zafarullah Khan will be the special assistant to the caretaker CM.

On January 18, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly had been dissolved on the advice of the then Chief Minister Mahmood Khan.

Governor Haji Ghulam Ali has signed the advice for the dissolution of the provincial assembly sent to him by Chief Minister Mahmood Khan.