The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Governor Ghulam Ali administered the oath in a ceremony held at the Governor’s house and was attended by KP caretaker chief minister Mohammad Azam Khan and others.
Nine re-elected/newly elected members of the Rajya Sabha including Trinamool Congress member Derek O' Brein and Bharatiya Janata Party's S Jaishankar will take oath on August 21 at 11 am in the Rajya Sabha Chamber of Parliament House.
"I thank PM Modi and the government for taking a historical decision in yesterday's cabinet meeting... the cabinet has given the green signal for launching 'PM Viswakarma' on 17th September, on Vishwakarma Jayanti," K Laxman said.
Members of Pakistan’s caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar's cabinet took oath at a ceremony held in President House in Islamabad on Thursday, according to Dawn
Baqar name was approved after three rounds of discussion between outgoing Singh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah and Leader of Oppositon in the dissolved Singh Assembly Rana Ansar.
The Chief Minister also mentioned that the State had suffered a lot of damage due to excessive rains. He expressed grief over the deaths caused by the incessant rains and offered his condolences to the families of the bereaved families.
The Pakistan President Arif Alvi administered oath to the leader in the presence of outgoing Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif and his Former cabinet ministers.