Imran Khan's new cabinet includes 20 members

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has approved 20 members for his cabinet.Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) spokesman Fawad Chaudhry said that the members will be sworn-in on Monday.

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"Prime Minister Imran Khan has approved twenty member cabinet, the cabinet comprises on fifteen federal ministers and five advisers, The ministers shall take oath on Monday morning at President's House," Chaudhry tweeted.

Pervez Khattak is named as the Defense Minister, while Asad Umar and Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Hussain Qureshi will be the Finance Minister and the Minister of Foreign Affairs respectively.

Cricketer-turned-politician and PTI chief Imran Khan on Saturday took oath as the 22nd prime minister of Pakistan on Saturday.

Newly sworn-in Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan would address the nation on Sunday evening, news agency ANI reported on Sunday.

In the July 25 general elections, the PTI had emerged as the single largest party with 116 seats. The number increased to 158 in the NA after the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) issued notifications of the successful candidates on the reserved seats for women and the minority community on August 11.