Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari will likely be given the portfolio of foreign ministry.
President Arif Alvi administers the oath to the PPP leader.
Former president Asif Ali Zardari and Aseefa Bhutto-Zardari were also present.
ISLAMABAD: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari Wednesday took oath as federal minister. He will likely be given the portfolio of the foreign ministry.
President Arif Alvi administered the oath to the PPP leader at Aiwan-e-Sadr. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, along with other federal cabinet members also attended the ceremony.
Moreover, former president Asif Ali Zardari and Bilawal’s sister Aseefa Bhutto-Zardari were also present at Aiwan-e-Sadr.
Federal Ministers including Rana Sanaullah, Naveed Qamar, Khurshid Shah, Sherry Rehman and State Minister for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar were also attended the ceremony.
On Tuesday, Bilawal announced that he will take oath today (Wednesday) in a press conference after a meeting of the PPP’s Central Executive Committee (CEC).
Bilawal was present at the time when the initial federal cabinet members took an oath, however, he did not take the oath. But Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb had assured that the PPP chairman would take the oath after he returns to Pakistan from his London trip.