The first batch of 24 federal ministers was administered oath by President Pervez Musharraf Monday with the new cabinet members belonging to the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) wearing black armbands. This was the first time in Pakistan's history that some MPs sported black armbands during their oath-taking as ministers to protest against Musharraf's stay as president of Pakistan, who was administering oath to them. However, they did take oath from him. Moments after the swearing-in ceremony ended, the PML-N ministers left the Aiwan-e-Sadr and did not attend the lunch hosted by Musharraf in honor of the new cabinet. Prime Minister Gilani was present at the ceremony. Musharraf's only words that he expressed during the function were “thanks and congratulations to all of you on being federal ministers.” There were 11 ministers from the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), nine from the PML-N, two from the Awami National Party (ANP) and one each from the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) and FATA. List of ministers Shahid Khaqan Abbasi (commerce), Hameedullah Jan Afridi (environment), Raja Pervaiz Ashraf (water and power), Khwaja Muhammad Asif (petroleum and natural resources), Ghulam Ahmad Bilour (local government), Ishaq Dar (finance and economic affairs), Tehmina Daultana (culture), Nazar Muhammad Gondal (narcotics control), Khawaja Muhammad Khan Hoti (social welfare), Rana Tanveer Hussain (defense production), Ahsan Iqbal (education), Qamar Zaman Kaira (Kashmir and northern areas), Rehmatullah Kakar (housing and public works), Mehtab Ahmed Khan (railways), Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan (communications), Najmuddin Khan (frontier regions), Humayun Aziz Kurd (population welfare), Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar (defense), Farooq Naek (law and justice), Naveed Qamar (shipping) Shah Mehmood Qureshi (foreign affairs), Khwaja Saad Rafiq (science and technology) Sherry Rehman (information and broadcasting), Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah (labor). __
