Federal Cabinet: 11 new ministers appointed

ISLAMABAD: The reshuffle and expansion in the Federal Cabinet took place Friday as President Asif Ali Zardari administered oath to five federal and six ministers of state.

Qamar Zama Karia, Raja Pervez Ashraf, Farooq Saeed Khan, Farzana Raja and Nazar Mohammad Gondal have been appointed as federal ministers.

Malik Azmat, Raheela Baloch, Abbas Afridi, Samsam Bukhari, Tasneem Qureshi and Nawbzada Malik Amad have been appointed ministers of state.

Ten out of the eleven new ministers belong to the PPP while Abbas Afridi is a Senator from FATA.

With the induction of new ministers the Federal cabinet comprises of 34 federal ministers, 14 state ministers and six special advisors.