In total, 34 Ministers were administered the oath of office by Pakistan Senate chairman Sadiq Sanjrani during a brief ceremony at the Presidency in Islamabad.
The Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) launched the "Svanidhi se Samriddhi" programme in 126 additional cities across 14 states and Union territories.
At a time when the world is battling climate change and exploitation of animals, Ecuador, in South America, has made history by becoming the first country to recognise the legal rights of individual wild animals.