Eight-member AJK cabinet takes oath
The newly formed eight-member cabinet of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) took the oath on Friday, with Acting President Chaudhry Tariq Farooq administering the oath. The ceremony took place at the President’s House in Muzaffarabad and was attended by AJK Prime Minister Iftikhar Gilani, Chief Secretary and other senior officials and dignitaries.
The first phase of forming the AJK cabinet has been completed, with the appointment of eight members of the Legislative Assembly as ministers. The prime minister approved the appointments under Article 14(1) of the Interim Constitution of 1974. The cabinet is expected to be expanded in a second phase with more ministers and advisers likely to be inducted later.
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