LAHORE The Punjab government members will take their oath today (Wednesday).
The oath-taking ceremony will take place in the Governor’s House.
The Punjab cabinet ministers’ swearing-in arrangements have been arranged. The event will be place at 4 p.m.
Punjab Governor Balighur Rehman will administer the oath to the provincial ministers. In the first phase, 25 ministers and special assistants will join the Punjab government.
According to sources, PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif approved the names of the cabinet ministers.
According to sources, Marriyum Aurangzeb will serve as the senior province minister. She will also be responsible for the Ministries of Planning and Development, the Environment, and the Forest Department.
Azma Zahid Bukhari will become the Minister of Information and Culture. Ashiq Hussain Kirmani will be appointed Minister of Agriculture, Kazim Pirzada will be in charge of the Irrigation Department, and Rana Sikandar Hayat will be allocated the Ministry of Primary Education. Chaudhry Shafey Hussain will be assigned the Ministry of Industries Department.
A member of the Sikh community will be appointed as minister for the first time in the provincial cabinet. Ramesh Singh Arora is expected to receive the Ministry of Minority Affairs.
Tahir Khalil Sindhu will take over the Human Rights Ministry, Sher Ali Gorchani will have the Mines and Minerals Ministry, Khawaja Salman Rafiq (Specialized Health), Khawaja Imran Nazir (Primary and Secondary Health), Zeeshan Rafiq (Local Government), and Malik Sohaib Ahmad Berth (Ministry of Communications).