Sindh caretaker set-up dissolved; notification issued

KARACHI: The caretaker government of Sindh has been dissolved, Geo News reported.

According to details a notification to this effect has also been issued.

Earlier, Sindh Governor Dr. Ishratul Ibad Khan administered oath to the newly elected Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah at a ceremony here on Thursday night.

A seven-member provincial cabinet comprising of Manzoor Hussain Wassan‚ Makhdoom Jamiluz Zaman‚ Ali Nawaz Mahar‚ Dr. Sikander Mangro‚ Sharjeel Inam Memon‚ Mir Hazar Khan Bejarani and Nisar Khoro was also sworn in.

Moreover, Syed Murad Ali Shah was appointed advisor to CM on Finance.

Even earlier in the day‚ the Sindh Assembly elected Syed Qaim Ali Shah of Pakistan People's Party as Sindh Chief Minister on Thursday evening.

Syed Qaim Ali Shah got 86‚ Sardar Ahmed of MQM 48 and Imtiaz Shaikh of Pakistan Muslim League (Functional) 18 votes.

An 18-member caretaker cabinet of Sindh comprising businessmen, agriculturists, writers, doctors and civil society activists was sworn in on March 29, 2013.

The interim ministers included prominent writer and civil society activist Anis Haroon, TV playwright Syeda Noorul Huda Shah, Iqbal Dawood Pakwala, Khalid Tawab, Sardar Yaseen Malik, Raees Ghulam Qasim Jiskani, Sardar Khan Ghoto, Khalid Latif, Nawab Qalab Hussain Lahori, Nawab Ameer Ali, Barrister Mahmood Madviwala, Dr Junaid Ali Shah, Shabbar Zaidi, Dr NK Lohano, Shukaib Qureshi, Abdul Qadeer Chauhan, and Muhammad Sharif Ansari. Haroon Farooqi and Mian Zahid Hussain were appointed as Advisors to Sindh Caretaker CM Alavi.