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37-member Pakistan cabinet sworn in, Bilawal remains for now

37-member Pakistan cabinet sworn in, Bilawal remains in the meantime

ISLAMABAD: A 37-member federal cabinet took the oath of workplace in Pakistan on Tuesday, simply over a week after the then leader of the opposition Shehbaz Sharif changed Imran Khan as the country’s PM through a post-midnight no-trust vote in parliament.
PPP’s Hina Rabbani Khar, who functioned as foreign minister from February 2011 till March 2013, was designated minister of state for foreign affairs in the new government. PPP chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and former PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, tipped to get the foreign and petroleum ministries respectively, remained the cabinet formation. PPP sources said Bilawal would take charge as the nation’s finance minister within the next few days.
Khar’s presence in the foreign ministry, even if in a junior function than the one she formerly managed, is seen as a favorable advancement by Indian authorities. Sources recalled her remark a couple of years ago about the requirement for Pakistan to enhance ties with India and other neighbours. She was estimated as saying after her visit to India in 2011 that Pakisan needed to accept 26/11 was a sensitive issue for India. “She recognizes with India and encounters as a reasonable leader,” a source stated.
The delay in cabinet formation was obviously triggered by week-long deliberations to accommodate members of smaller union parties that played an essential role in Imran’s elimination.
President Dr Arif Alvi, who had actually excused himself from administering oath to Shehbaz, avoided the event again, leaving the responsibilities to Senate chairman Sadiq Sanjrani. The oath event was initially arranged for Monday, however the federal government postponed it due to President Alvi’s rejection to do the job.
Shehbaz’s cabinet comprises 31 federal ministers, 3 ministers of state and three consultants to the PM. Of the 31 federal ministers, 13 portfolios were retained by PML-N, 9 were provided to PPP and the remaining 11 dispersed among the other coalition partners.
PML-N’s Marriyum Aurangzeb and Azam Nazir Tarar were designated ministers for info and law respectively.
Ahsan Iqbal, likewise from PML-N, was made minister for planning and development minister, while PML-N’s Rana Sanaullah was offered charge of the interior (house) ministry. Miftah Ismail, who had briefly worked as foreign minister in the previous PML-N government, returned the portfolio.
Numerous political leaders from former President Asif Ali Zardari’s PPP were included in the cabinet, including Khursheed Shah, former leader of the opposition in the National Assembly, and senator Sherry Rehman, Pakistan’s previous ambassador to the United States.
Some government allies, sources exposed, were disappointed over the demands they had extended to the federal government relating to circulation of ministries and other financially rewarding positions.
A day previously, two union partners, the Balochistan National Party (BNP) and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), had said they would not join the cabinet on Tuesday. While BNP had implicated the government of not preventing violent events in the province, such as the recent firing on protesters in Balochistan, JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman demanded instant elections. The Maulana was believed to be irritated over his demands regarding circulation of ministries and some constitutional posts not being satisfied.
The induction of 4 federal ministers from JUI-F show that the Maulana accepted join the cabinet at the last minute.
Former PM Imran was ousted after being deserted by his celebration’s allies and a crucial union partner previously this month. Considering that then, Imran has required fresh elections at every rally, saying the new government was troubled Pakistan as part of a conspiracy?? by the US, a charge Washington has denied. The new government has actually termed Imran’s claim a “pack of lies”.

Published at Tue, 19 Apr 2022 20:14:29 +0000

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