Portfolios of federal ministers announced
The 19-member cabinet, which also included some new faces, was sworn in at President House
March 12, 2024
- Khawaja Asif gets ministry of defence, defence production, aviation.
- State Minister Shaza Fatima Khwaja yet to be assigned a portfolio.
- Ex-CM Punjab Mohsin Naqvi to spearhead Interior Ministry.
ISLAMABAD: The portfolios of the newly inducted cabinet were announced Monday as four-time finance minister Ishaq Dar has been allotted the foreign ministry while banker Muhammad Aurangzeb has been picked to lead Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s finance team.
The notification was issued after the 19-member cabinet, which also included some new faces, was sworn in at the President House.
Ex-caretaker chief minister of Punjab, Mohsin Naqvi, who is also being tipped to be elected as a member of the upper house of Parliament, has been appointed the interior minister, while Ahad Khan Cheema who had also served during the interim setup was allotted the portfolio of Economic Affairs with the additional portfolio of Establishment Division.
Moreover, Khawaja Asif has been named as defence minister and he would also hold the additional portfolios of defence production and aviation. Ahsan Iqbal would retain the planning, development and special Initiatives ministry.
State Minister Shaza Fatima Khwaja was not assigned a portfolio on Monday but PM Shehbaz assigned her the Ministry of Information Technology Tuesday morning.
| Name | Portfolio | Additional portfolio(s) |
| Khawaja Muhammad Asif | Defence | Defence Production & Aviation |
| Mohammad Ishaq Dar | Foreign Affairs | - |
| Ahsan Iqbal Chaudhry | Planning, Development and Special Initiatives | - |
| Rana Tanveer Hussain | Industries and Production | - |
| Azam Nazeer Tarar | Law and Justice | Human Rights |
| Chaudhry Salik Hussain | Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development | - |
| Abdul Aleem Khan | Privatisation | Board of Investment |
| Jam Kamal Khan | Commerce | - |
| Engr. Amir Muqam | States and Frontier Regions | National Heritage and Culture |
| Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari | Railways | - |
| Attaullah Tarar | Information and Broadcasting | - |
| Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui | Science and Technology | Federal Education and Professional Training |
| Qaiser Ahmed Sheikh | Maritime Affairs | - |
| Mian Riaz Hussain Pirzada | Housing and Works | - |
| Musadik Masood Malik | Petroleum | Power |
| Muhammad Aurangzeb | Finance | Revenue |
| Ahad Khan Cheema | Economic Affairs | Establishment |
| Syed Mohsin Raza Naqvi | Interior | Narcotics Control |
| Shaza Fatima Khwaja | Information Technology | - |
