LAHORE
Balighur Rehman, Governor Punjab has administered the oath to newly elected 21-member of Pervaz Elahi cabinet.
It has emerged on Saturday.
In the new cabinet, the Finance portfolio has been given to Mohsin Leghari; the home and prisons department has been put under the control of retired Col Hashim Dogar; law and parliamentary affairs to Khurram Virk; Dr Yasmin Rashid has been retained as health minister, Raja Yasir Humayun as higher education and IT minister and Murad Raas as school education minister.
Former home and law minister Basharat Raja has been assigned the cooperatives and prosecution portfolio; Asif Nikai has been selected for the excise and taxation department, while Ali Sahi was given the communication and works (C&W) department.
Taimur Malik will lead sports and culture, Ansar Niazi (Labour), Muneeb Cheema (Transport), Shahabuddin Sehar (Livestock), Nawabzada Mansur Khan (Revenue), Jahanian Gardezi (Agriculture), Ghazananfar Abbas Chheena (social welfare), Latif Nazar (Mines and Minerals), Hasnanim Dareshak (Energy and food), Mian Mahmoodur Rasheed (Local Government), Mian Aslam Iqbal (Housing and Industries) and Ali Abbas Shah (Forest and Wildlife).
On the other hand, CM Elahi has appointed four special assistants and notification has been made.
Earlier, Governor Balighur Rehman said that he will not behave in a way President Arif Alvi and former Governor Umer Cheema adopted previously.
It is worth mentioning here that President had refused to administer oath to Prime Minister Shahbaz Shareef.
The then governor Umer Cheema refused to administer oath to Hamza Shahbaz who became CM Punjab after the ouster of CM Usman Buzdar as result of no-confidence motion.
