A 34-member strong cabinet has taken an oath to form the official decision-making body of the coalition government, which came into power after former prime minister Imran Khan was voted out on April 10.
While there are many old faces in the new cabinet, there are also 20 seasoned politicians who have made it to the federal cabinet for the first time.
Who are they?
Dr. Aisha Ghaus Pasha
Who are the 20 first-timers in Shehbaz Sharif’s cabinet?
Political Party: PML-N
Background: Pasha is a former provincial minister of Punjab and the wife of Hafeez Pasha, an economist and ex-federal minister.
Murtaza Javed Abbasi.
Who are the 20 first-timers in Shehbaz Sharif’s cabinet?
Political Party: PML-N
Background: Abbasi was the deputy speaker of the national assembly in 2013.
Azam Nazeer Tarar
Who are the 20 first-timers in Shehbaz Sharif’s cabinet?
Political Party: PML-N
Background: He is the ex-vice chairman of Pakistan’s Bar Council and the former secretary of the Lahore High Court Bar Association.
Abdul Qadir Patel
Who are the 20 first-timers in Shehbaz Sharif’s cabinet?
Political Party: PPP
Background: He was previously a member of the provincial assembly, while he was a member of the national assembly in 2008.
Shazia Marri
Who are the 20 first-timers in Shehbaz Sharif’s cabinet?
Political Party: PPP
Background: Marri’s father was the former deputy speaker Sindh assembly. She herself has been an MPA twice and an MNA three times. She was also previously a provincial minister in Sindh.
Murtaza Mahmud
Who are the 20 first-timers in Shehbaz Sharif’s cabinet?
Political Party: PPP
Background: He is an ex MPA. His father Makhdoom Ahmed Mehmood was the former governor of Punjab.
Sajid Hussain Turi
Who are the 20 first-timers in Shehbaz Sharif’s cabinet?
Political Party: PPP
Background: Turi was an MNA in 2008 and 2013.
Ehsan ur Rehman Mazari
Who are the 20 first-timers in Shehbaz Sharif’s cabinet?
Political Party: PPP
Background: He was an MNA in 2013. He is also the cousin of Shahzain Bugti and Dost Muhammad Mazari.
Abid Hussain Bhayo
Who are the 20 first-timers in Shehbaz Sharif’s cabinet?
Political Party: PPP
Background: He is an ex-MPA and has also served as the special assistant to Chief Minister Sindh.
Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar
Who are the 20 first-timers in Shehbaz Sharif’s cabinet?
Political Party: PPP
Background: He is the former spokesman of PPP’s chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.
Asad Mahmood
Who are the 20 first-timers in Shehbaz Sharif’s cabinet?
Political Party: JUIF
Background: He is the son of JUIF’s chief Maulana Fazal ur Rehman.
Abdul Wasay
Who are the 20 first-timers in Shehbaz Sharif’s cabinet?
Political Party: JUIF
Background: He is a former MPA and was also the leader of the opposition in Balochistan.
Talha Mahmood
Who are the 20 first-timers in Shehbaz Sharif’s cabinet?
Political Party: JUIF
Background: He was a senator in 2006, 2012 and 2018. He was also the former chairman of the Senate’s standing committee on interior and narcotics control
Faisal Ali Subzwari
Who are the 20 first-timers in Shehbaz Sharif’s cabinet?
Political Party: MQM-P
Background: He has been elected an MPA thrice and has also been appointed a provincial minister in Sindh. He was previously the opposition leader in the Sindh assembly.
Shahzain Bugti
Who are the 20 first-timers in Shehbaz Sharif’s cabinet?
Political Party: JWP
Background: He was earlier the special assistant to former prime minister Imran Khan. He is also the grandson of Akbar Bugti.
Israr Tareen
Who are the 20 first-timers in Shehbaz Sharif’s cabinet?
Political Party: BAP
Background: He was an MNA in 2008.
Rana Sanaullah
Who are the 20 first-timers in Shehbaz Sharif’s cabinet?
Political Party: PML-N
Background: He was an MPA in 1990, 1997, 2002, 2008 and 2013. He was also previously the law minister in Punjab.
Javed Latif
Who are the 20 first-timers in Shehbaz Sharif’s cabinet?
Political Party: PML-N
Background: Latif is the former member of the district council Sheikhupura and was an MPA in 1997 and an MNA in 2008 and 2013.
Mufti Abdus Shakoor
Who are the 20 first-timers in Shehbaz Sharif’s cabinet?
Political Party: JUIF
Background: He was the president of JUIF in erstwhile FATA.
Ayaz Sadiq
Who are the 20 first-timers in Shehbaz Sharif’s cabinet?
Political Party: PMLN
Background: He was previously the speaker of the national assembly and has been an MNA in 2002, 2008, 2013.