Murad Ali Shah, Sindh Chief Minister-elect, took the oath of office on Tuesday, one day after winning the provincial chief executive election with a majority of the votes.
Sindh Governor Kamran Tessori gave the oath to Shah during a ceremony at the Governor’s House attended by top officials and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leaders, including party chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.
The outgoing Chief Minister, Justice (retd) Maqbool Baqar, was also in attendance.
Dr. Fakhre Alam, the chief secretary, presided over the chief minister’s swearing-in ceremony. At the start of the ceremony, the chief secretary declared that MPA Shah was elected chief minister of Sindh by the provincial parliament on February 26.
Those who attended the oath-taking ceremony were Faryal Talpur, former chief minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah, former Speaker Agha Siraj Durani, Speaker Sindh Assembly Awais Qadir Shah, Deputy Speaker Anthony Naveed, former ministers, and PPP MPAs Nasir Shah, Sharjeel Memon, Imtiaz Shaikh, Saeed Ghani, Sardar Shah, and Jam Khan Shoro.
