A 20-member Azad Jammu and Kashmir cabinet, including two advisers, has taken oath after being formed in line with an agreement reached with the Joint Awami Action Committee, which required the cabinet size not to exceed 20 members.

Acting Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Chaudhry Latif Akbar administered the oath to 18 ministers at a ceremony in Muzaffarabad on Wednesday, while Prime Minister Raja Faisal Mumtaz Rathore swore in the two advisers. One woman minister has been included in the new cabinet.

The oath-taking ceremony was attended by former AJK president and prime minister Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan, former prime minister Sardar Tanveer Ilyas Khan, the chief secretary, inspector general of police, departmental secretaries and a large number of Pakistan Peoples Party worke

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