ISLAMABAD: The Federal Cabinet was expanded on Monday with the induction of 22 more Federal Ministers and 18 Ministers of State.
President Asif Ali Zardari administered oath to the new ministers and ministers of state in an impressive ceremony held here at Darbar Hall of the Aiwan-e-Sadr.
Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani was also present.
Speaker of the National Assembly, Deputy Chairman of the Senate, federal Ministers, parliamentarians, elite of the city and families of the new ministers also attended the ceremony.
After the addition of new federal ministers and ministers of state, the total strength of cabinet has reached 55 including 37 federal ministers and 18 ministers of state.
The Federal Ministers are: Makhdoom Amin Faheem, Mian Manzoor Ahmed Wattoo, Hamid Saeed Kazmi, Babar Awan, Firdaus Ashiq Awan, Rana Muhammad Farooq, Saeed Khan, Sameena Khalid Ghurki, Abdul Qayyum Khan Jatoi, Shahbaz Bhatti, Makhdoom Shahabuddin, Syed Mumtaz Alam Gilani, Mian Raza Rabbani, Pir Aftab Hussain Shah Jilani, Mir Ejaz Hussain Jhakrani, Mir Hazar Khan Bijrani, Shahid Hussain Bhutto, Dr Arbab Alamgir Khan, Waqar Ahmed Khan, Mir Israrullah Zehri, Abdul Razzaq Thaheem, Noorul Haq Qadri, Lal Muhammad Khan, Ministers of State are: Mehreen Anwar, Muhammad Afzal Sindhu, Ghulam Farid Kathia, Tasneem Qureshi, Rafiq Ahmed Jamali, Arbab Muhammad Zahir, Imtiaz Safdar Warraich, Dr Ayatullah Durrani, Masood Abbas, Abdul Rafiq, Nabil Gabol, Shagufta Jumani, Muhammad Tariq Anees, Hina Rabbani Khar, Sardar Saleem Haider Khan, Nawabzada Malik Amad Khan, Syed Samsam Ali Shah Bukhari, Muhammad Jadim Mangrio.--APP