Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance Dr Hafeez Shaikh has become the first unelected federal minister in the present federal cabinet as he was given the status of a federal minister on Friday, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
President Dr Arif Alvi administered the oath of a federal minister to Dr Hafeez Shaikh at a ceremony in Aiwan-i-Sadr in Islamabad.
Several federal ministers attended the oath-taking ceremony at the Aiwan-i-Sadr.
Earlier, during the previous PML-N government Miftah Ismael was also given the status of a federal minister though he was not an elected member of the PML-N.