Islamabad,(Daily Post). Bilawal
Bhutto-Zardari, the son of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, was sworn in as a federal minister on Wednesday and is expected to be appointed as
Pakistan's foreign minister.
During
a ceremony at the Aiwan-e-Sadr, President Arif Alvi delivered the oath to
Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, which was also attended by Prime Minister Shahbaz
Sharif and former president Asif Ali Zardari and Asifa Bibi.
After the PPP Central Executive Committee (CEC) meeting on Tuesday, party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari confirmed that he would be sworn in as federal minister on Wednesday.
Earlier this month, 31 federal and three state ministers were sworn in in Islamabad.
On April 19, the oath-taking ceremony was held in Islamabad to appoint new ministers.
Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani sworn-in federal ministers and state ministers.
Shahbaz also appointed three advisers, bringing the total number of government members to 37.
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari's maternal grandfather was a barrister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, a Pakistani lawyer, and politician who served as the country's prime minister from 1973 to 1977.
Zulfi also served as foreign minister as well as commerce minister in 1963.
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