Raja Parvaiz Ashraf and federal cabinet to take oath tonight

ISLAMABAD: Newly elected prime minister of Pakistan, Raja Pervaiz Ashraf along with his federal cabinet will take oath at the presidency later tonight (Friday).

It is expected that his cabinet will include 27 Federal Ministers and 11 State Ministers. Sources add that no major changes are expected from the set up of the previous cabinet.

Raja Pervaiz Ashraf was elected as the 25th prime minister during the National Assembly session. He secured 211 votes while his opponent Mehtab Abbasi from the PML-N received 89.