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ISLAMABAD: The PPP-led government made further changes to the cabinet as 11 new ministers took oath at the Presidency in Islamabad today, DawnNews reported.
President Asif Ali Zardari administered the oaths as five new federal ministers and six ministers of state were inducted into the Federal Cabinet.
Qamar Zama Karia, Raja Pervez Ashraf, Nazar Mohammad Gondal, Farooq Saeed Khan and Farzana Raja were appointed as federal ministers, while Tariq Anees, Raheela Baloch, Abbas Afridi, Moazzam Jatoi, Samsam Bukhari, Tasneem Qureshi were appointed ministers of state.
The new appointments brings the number of federal minister to 35, while the number of ministers of state is now 18.
Earlier, sources had revealed to DawnNews that the government had planned changes in the cabinet, which included the inclusion of Qamar Zaman Kaira to replace Firdous Ashiq Awan as the federal information minister, and the replacement of Ahmed Mukhtar as the defence minister.
Sources further say that Mukhtar might be given the Ministry of Water and Power, though there was neither any confirmed report on this, nor any information as to who would replace him.
