*ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has inducted three more federal ministers and a state minister into his federal cabinet. *
PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain’s son Chaudhry Salik Hussain, PML-N’s Mian Javed Latif and Balochistan National Party-Mengal’s Agha Hassan Baloch, Hashim Notezai took oath as ministers.
President Arif Alvi link administered the oath to the newly inducted federal ministers in the swearing-in held at the Aiwan-e-Sadr. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was also present on the occasion.
With the inclusion of these lawmakers – belonging to BNP-M and PML-Q – the federal cabinet has become 39-strong.
BNP’s Baloch will be given science and technology portfolio.
It is worth mentioning that 37 ministers took oath in the first phase cabinet. Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani link the oath to the PM Shehbaz Sharif’s 37-member cabinet during a ceremony held on Tuesday.