It was revealed on Thursday that Pakistan’s top bowler Wahab Riaz had been appointed interim Punjab’s sports minister.
At a ceremony conducted at the Governor’s House in Lahore, Governor Baligh Ur Rehman administered the oath to the newly selected cabinet members.
Of the 11 members of the cabinet, eight took the oath: Bilal Afzal, SM Tanveer, Dr. Javed Akram, Ibrahim Murad, Dr. Jamal Nasir, Mansoor Qadir, Syed Azfar Ali Nasir, and Amir Mir. Wahab Riaz, Tamkinat Karim, and Naseem Sadiq were unable to attend the ceremony.
Wahab, who is currently a player for Khulna Tigers in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) 2023, would eventually succeed as the minister of sports for the largest province.
For Pakistan, the left-arm bowler has 237 wickets in 156 matches in all types of international competition. It is important to note that the 37-year-old bowler competed for his country in the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy.
