Pakistan's new cabinet takes oath

Source: Xinhua| 2017-08-04 13:30:19|Editor: Song Lifang

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Photo released by Pakistan's Press Information Department (PID) on Aug. 4, 2017 shows federal ministers of Pakistan's new cabinet being sworn in by Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain during a sworn-in ceremony at President House in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan. Pakistan's new cabinet of Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was sworn in at an oath-taking ceremony at the Presidency in Islamabad on Friday. (Xinhua/PID)

ISLAMABAD, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan's new cabinet of Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was sworn in at an oath-taking ceremony here on Friday.

Earlier the state-run TV channel PTV reported that the new cabinet consists of 46 members, however, its reporters on the spot later said only 43 cabinet members attended Friday's oath-taking administered by the country's President Mamnoon Hussain.

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