Overview
- Eighteen ministers and two advisers took oath at the Presidential House in Muzaffarabad on Wednesday.
- Chaudhry Latif Akbar administered oaths for the ministers, while Prime Minister Raja Faisal Mumtaz Rathore swore in the two advisers.
- The cabinet size adheres to the pact reached with the Joint Awami Action Committee after October unrest, which limits the total to 20.
- Lawmakers had rejected an initial 10-member proposal, prompting consultations led by PPP leader Faryal Talpur and the prime minister to finalize a broader slate.
- Sardar Ahmed Sagheer and Sardar Fahad Yaqoob were appointed as advisers, and one woman, Nabila Ayub, joined the ministerial lineup.