New army of 'Sharif': 34 ministers including Hina took oath, Bilawal Bhutto did not get place

After a delay of several days, 34 members of Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif's cabinet finally took the oath of office on Tuesday. Senate President Sadiq Sanjarani administered the oath to President Arif Alvi after he refused to administer the oath. The members of the cabinet were to take oath on Monday, but the oath ceremony was postponed after President Alvi refused to administer the oath to him.

The name of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari is not among the new ministers. There were reports that he would be the country's new foreign minister. Right now 31 federal ministers and three state ministers have been sworn in.

Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has got 13 ministries and nine have been given to the Pakistan People's Party (PPP). Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) was given four ministries and Muttahida Quami Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) got two ministries. Balochistan Awami Party (BAP), Pakistan Muslim League-Qaida (PML-Q) ) and other alliance partners including the Jamhori Watan Party (JWP) got a ministry each.