Mush men get key posts in 21-member Imran Cabinet

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has unveiled his 21-member Cabinet, most of whom previously held key posts in the regime of former dictator General (retd) Pervez Musharraf.

Out of the 21 names announced, 16 will be Ministers while five others will be advisers to Khan, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) spokesman Fawad Chaudhry said on Saturday, hours after the cricketer-turned-politician was sworn-in as the country’s 22nd Prime Minister.

According to the list shared by Chaudhry on his Twitter account, veteran politician Shah Mahmood Qureshi will be the Foreign Minister. Qureshi, the vice-president of the party, was the Foreign Minister from 2008 to 2011 under the Pakistan Peoples Party Government when the 2008 Mumbai terror attack took place. He was in New Delhi when 10 Pakistan-based LeT terrorists attacked India’s financial capital.

Pervaiz Khattak has been appointed the Defence Minister while Asad Umer will be the Finance Minister. Khattak served as the Chief Minister of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province from 2013-18. Asad Umer is the son of former Lt Gen Mohammad Umer who was part of the Pakistan Army during 1971 war with India.