AJK gets 11 new ministers

Published November 19, 2004

MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 18: Eleven newly-inducted ministers in the AJK cabinet will take oath of their offices on Friday. AJK President Maj-Gen (retd) Sardar Muhammad Anwar Khan will administer the oath to ministers at the Aiwan-i-Sadr here.

The 11 ministers and two advisers are: Mir Ali Akbar, Dewan Ali Chugtai from Muzaffarabad district; Sardar Muhammad Tahir Anwar, Muhammad Yasin Gulshan Poonch, Raja Muhammad Naseer Khan Kotli, Chaudhry Masood Khalid Mirpur, Chaudhry Tariq Farooq Bhimber, Raja Muhammad Yasin Khan Bagh, Aamar Ghafar Lone and Hafiz Hamid Raza from Kashmiri refugees settled in Pakistan, two women advisers to PM are: Ms Shirin Waheed and Norin Arif, members of Legislative Assembly from refugees and Muzaffarabad, respectively.

With the inuduction of the new ministers the row in the ruling Muslim Conference ranks has come to an end.-APP

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