Two Muslim state ministers reappointed

Two Muslim state ministers reappointed

August 23, 2019   01:13 pm

Sri Lanka Muslim Congress Parliamentarians Faizal Cassim and Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana, who had resigned from their ministerial posts in the backdrop of Easter Sunday attacks, have sworn in as State Ministers again.

The two state ministers had taken the oaths before President Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat this afternoon (23).

Accordingly, MP Faizal Cassim has sworn in as the State Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine, while MP Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana swore in as the State Minister of Primary Industries and Social Empowerment.

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