Islamabad—President Pervez Musharraf
administered the oath of office to the first
batch of the 24 member federal cabinet of Prime
Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani at a special
ceremony held at Aiwan-e-Sadr on Monday.
Islamabad—Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani
emphasized upon the members of his Cabinet to
gear-up their energies and focus upon the 100
days programme to ensure that the government is
determined to deliver. The Prime Minister said
this while presiding over the first meeting of
the new Federal Cabinet at the Prime Minister’s
Secretariat on Monday.
Islamabad—Federal Ministers- designate belonging
to PML-N took oath of the office wearing black
bands round their arms at Aiwan-i-Sadr here
Monday morning. They wore black bands as a mark
of protest against the President, who
administered the oath.
THE political headwinds accompanied by global
pressures affected the real Gross Domestic
Product (GDP) growth to downward in the range of
6.0-6.5 percent on one hand while pushing up the
inflationary pressures to 9 percent during
fiscal year 2008.
Peshawar—Ameer Haider Khan Hoti, a joint
candidate of ANP led coalition in NWFP was
Monday elected unopposed leader of the house in
the Frontier assembly. The opposition parties
did not place their candidate for the CM slot
against the nominee of the coalition partners.
Kabul—Two British soldiers with the NATO-led
International Security Assistance Force were
killed in southern Afghanistan when they were
hit by an explosion, ISAF said Monday.
Quetta —Deposed Chief Justice Mr. Justice
Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry and his companions
were accorded a historical welcome at Quetta
airport on Monday morning. 15 maunds of flower
petals were showered on the CJP.
Islamabad—The government’s role is not to
suppress media but to protect and promote them
on modern lines. Minister for Information and
Broadcasting, Sherry Rehman said here on Monday.
New
cabinet sworn in
