The eight ministers of the Punjab interim cabinet took oath of their offices.
Punjab Governor Balighur Rehman administered oath to the caretaker cabinet members. They included health expert Dr Javed Akram, senior journalist Amir Mir, Bilal Afzal, SM Tanveer, Ibrahim Murad, Dr Jamal Nasir, Mansoor Qadir, and Syed Azfar Ali Nasir.
Wahab Riaz, Tamkinat Karim and Naseem Sadiq couldn’t attend the ceremony.
After the caretaker ministers took the oath of office, interim Punjab CM Mohsin Naqvi felicitated them.
Talking about the newly formed caretaker setup, Mr Naqvi said, “The caretaker Punjab government was absolutely apolitical and unbiased”.
Speaking about the polls in Punjab, Mr Naqvi pledged the elections will take place in a peaceful environment.
