ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's 19-member federal cabinet took oath.
The swearing-in ceremony of federal ministers is going on in the President's House, in which President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif are also present.
President Asif Ali Zardari is taking oath from the federal cabinet.
Those who took oath include Khawaja Muhammad Asif, Ahsan Iqbal, Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Shaza Fatima Khawaja , Mohsin Naqvi, Ameer Mukam, Chaudhry Salik Hussain, Riaz Hussain Pirzada, Rana Tanveer Hussain and Jam Kamal Khan are among those who took oath.
Apart from this, Owais Ahmed Leghari, Attaullah Tarar, Qaiser Ahmed Sheikh, Muhammad Ishaq Dar, Musadik Masood Malik, Muhammad Aurangzeb , Mohsin Raza Naqvi Ahad Khan Cheema and Azam Nazir Tarar are also among those who took the oath.
On the other hand, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has called the first meeting of the federal cabinet this evening.
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Earlier, President Asif Ali Zardari was presented guard of honour here at the Aiwan-e-Sadr, a day after he was sworn in as the 14th President of Pakistan.
The president arrived at the forecourt of the presidency in the horse-driven buggy. After the national anthem, he inspected the guard of honour presented by the smartly turned-out contingents of the armed forces.
