Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Monday expanded his cabinet by inducting four more ministers.
With the new additions, the strength of the provincial cabinet has risen to 16, excluding two advisers.
Sindh Governor Imran Ismail administered oath to the new ministers at a simple ceremony held at the Governor House, a statement issued by the chief minister’s spokesperson said.
The ministers who were sworn in include Taimur Talpur, Syed Awais Qadir Shah, Murtaza Baloch and Abdul Bari Pitafi. The portfolios assigned to them were not immediately announced.
Talpur, a Member of Provincial Assembly from Umerkot district, is the son of MNA Nawab Muhammad Yousuf Talpur. Shah is an MPA from Sukkur, Baloch from Malir and Pitafi from Ghotki.
The oath-taking ceremony was attended by Sindh PPP President Nisar Khuhro, provincial ministers, MPAs, MNAs, bureaucrats and other notables.
Chief Minister Shah had inducted eight ministers in his cabinet in the first phase on August 19, followed by the appointment of four ministers in the second phase on September 5. While four additional ministers were inducted in the third phase on Monday, Shah still has a provision to induct two more ministers, according to the statement.
3 KP lawmakers take oath
Also on Monday, three newly elected members of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly were sworn in at a ceremony in Peshawar, Radio Pakistan reported.
Speaker Mushtaq Ahmed Ghani administered the oath of office to the three MPAs: Shaukat Yousafzai, Sumiyya Bibi and Madiha Nisar.
Source: Dawn News