ISLAMABAD: The Federal Cabinet saw more inductions as new ministers took oath at the 17th reshuffle at the Presidency on Friday.
Five senior members of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) – Raja Pervez Ashraf, Qamar Zaman Kaira, Nazar Muhammad Gondal, Rana Farooq Saeed and Farzana Raja – joined as federal ministers. It has also been reported that former law minister Maula Bux Chandio might be asked to look after Parliamentary affairs.
Ashraf, who was previously federal minister for water and power and had taken decisions regarding Rental Power Plants (RPP), is expected to get control of another key ministry. Kaira is once again expected to get the portfolio of Federal Minister for Information & Broadcast, a ministry he had held before it was assigned to Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan.
Tasneem Qureshi, who had served as minister of state for interior, and Malik Ammad Khan, minister of state for foreign affairs, also retained their portfolios. The other four ministers of state include MNA Raheela Baloch, Senator Abbas Afridi, Samsam Bukhari and MNA Malik Azmat.
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So, the 18th ammendment and reduction of ministries was all a load of nonsense. Mr Raza Rabbani you should tender your resignation in protest.
So, the 18th ammendment and reduction of ministries and smaller more efficient government .................... was all bs for the birds.
All I can say is GOD BLESS PAKISTAN . Every single Pakistani should be over the moon with joy with these developments , since you selected PPP in 08. Well done Pakistan people you’ve a great job, your head should be up high.
Democracy really was the best revenge against intelligence.
@Sameer Awan: okay then keep eating parathay while the looters are looting pakistan...i did not say PTI followers will do it..i said the 180 million people of pakistan will bring down the status quo if they are not allowed to exercise their right of franchise... and MQM with its 18 seats will be not a problem... once we have a depoliticized police,.,, if you look at the 2008 elections, even with 45 percent bogus votes, PPP has only 7 members in baluchistan assembly... in KPK i can bet nobody is going to vote for PPP and ANP... maybe JUI(F) will win one or two seats... in southern punjab.. with PM and his family, nobody is going to vote them...and PML(Laptop) is out of ideas... the only problems for PTI is how to get votes from interior sindh and Karachi...otherwise the whole country, FATA included, have decided to vote for PTI...
PPP and PML(Laptop) can buy the whole media and stop seeing the huge public support of PTI and they are in delusions that since media is not showing this, PTI is on decline... burying head in sand is not going to help the status quo dark forces...their time is up... i am sure passports are ready and reservations made in planes...
zardari donated 1 million dollars in india...i ask from where this money came? even if he says it is his own money...i as a pakistani has the right to ask his source of income and how much tax he pays? i know nawaz sharif pays only 5000 rs tax ...:)
I wonder where would they get such a huge table from to conduct cabinet meetings?
@Democrat: Sir I know politics of Pakistan very very well. PTI can never win from Karachi right now. MQM will never lose its vote bank. PTI can only win some seats from Upper Punjab and from KPK. In South Punjab and in In Sindh and even in Balochistan PTI is not in a position to win anything. I know Andron e Lahore very well and only those will win there who can eat parathay, aalo cholay, phaggay kai paway and halwa poori so there are no signs of PTI clinching any seat there as real Lahoris avoid diet cola and anorexic diet.
Also the way you said that if PTI will be robbed then there will be a revolution like in Iran of 1977.??: Are you nuts or what.?. A follower of democratic party of PTI is stating that if they will not win then they will follow a so called revolution that will dismantle democracy and will install Theocracy.?
Shameless. Democracy does not mean that Five years they rule the country as personal fiefdom. Someone should stand up and say enough is enough
I have an idea - why not make all the MNA's of the ruling coalition all Ministers? That way they all get the benefits that they crave... staff cars, protection and other benefits that continue to cripple the state of Pakistan financially. But at least this nonsense to adding more ministries and portfolio will end and the people of Pakistan will know the ultimate cost of running a parliament. Then perhaps the Ministers can all get to work... HAHA I know its a pipedream but it doesn't look like good sense will ever prevail in the hall of democracy in Pakistan.
This is the true spirit of 18th amendment. Come on Gilani and Zardari. If you can not reduce the burdent they why the gimmick of power devllution to the federating units. What is the point of such a huge federal cabinet with the develoption of 26 minitries to the provinces. Shame on you.
When are these thugs going to stop! There isnt much left to squeeze out of poor and strugling Pakistani people.
Federal ministries should not be more than 15. even 20 is a high though tolerabe number. provincial ministries should be capped at 10. BTW the Balochistan cabinet is still larger than the federal cabinet.
@Sameer Awan: there is a difference in reconciliation and the muk muka siyasat... the status quo cannot be real opposition... in any talk show in which a PTI rep is sitting, all the other parties are allied against PTI... as you said IK will get some urban seats like Lahore Karachi Peshawar DI Khan, Charsadda ... as if the rural areas of pakistan are at their best..happy and enjoying in the present conditions? yes the opposition will be small as some unknown members from PML(Laptop), PPP and JUI(F) will be there and their top leaders will be in dubai or UK after losing their own seats... pak cannot afford another 5 year term from these status quo parties..if they tried to rob PTI of his mandate then their will be a 1977 intensified...or worse (or better) a 1979 Iran....
The Only Growing Thing is Pakistan !! is Federal cabinets !!
@Azmat: In democratic countries it is the way opposition always behave. Opposition cannot go on a rampage to topple the government. All the opposition can do is to criticize some decision while safeguarding the essence of the democracy. PMLN is better than Maulan Fazl Ur rehman whose party enjoy all perks and ministries and then in the public maulana criticize the gov while in actual they are their loyal partners. But I think PMLN is a weak opposition as their stance is weak on many issues and they dont pursue some issues pertaining to corruption at all. May be PMLn will have their vested interests in corruption cases as well. But in future thanks to the politics of PTI of no reconciliation the opposition will be smaller as they will be fighting with each other as Imran after winning some urban seats in Punjab will always bash Nawaz and both will be in Opposition and in the end Zardari will be the winner and Opposition will be laughing stock for the public while Mr Zardari will be evolve as the real winner and will be reelected as President of (Pure people with some milawat) Pakistan. And Bilawal will be our Prime minister.
In Pakistan, Corruption and Cabinet size are the only things that INCREASE.
More Government, and Less Governance. The "Best Revenge" is being taken from us for supporting this So-Called Democracy.
Shameless Govt does another shameless act! Reward for Raja Pervaiz Ashraf for the best performance as Minister for Water and Energy....
reminds me of musical chairs game... federal ministers coming and going has become a joke now!
PML-N members also deserve minister portfolios as they have major services for democracy. They played a vital role to strenghtning Asif Ali Zardari and Yousuf Raza Gilani. They always remained silent when PPP and their allies were (are) destroying the country, otherwise they could not complete their four years. Nawaz Sharif always left for London when critical decision were taken against judiciary. Was it not a service of democracy. Maybe they enjoying more perks without getting ministries. Therefore, they are not asking for portfolios or maybe someone have told them that in opposition you can not get federal ministries so openly. So enjoy minister facilties but without holding office.
@Jibran: Sorry to say Brother but it seems you dont know what is meant by a Proverb or a Metaphorical statement.
@Jibran, M. Ahmed:
Any wine is better than these blokes, who simply need to be corked.
i think the supreme court should serve contempt of court notices and other corruption notices to some clean and honest beaurucrats and politicians, so that they can become federal ministers or secretaries... this is the sole merit of any promotion in this jiyala (mis)government...
You need to cut down your ministers by at least 40 - not add more. You use cabinet positions as rewards for people rather than benefit for Pakistan.
@M. Ahmed: I'm not sure you understand that the older the wine, the better it gets.
One more slap on the face of the Supreme Court! They order proceedings against Raja Pervez and the Govt appoints him as a Federal Minister..
As it is said in an English adage, "Old wine in new bottles".
Why we need more Ministers??. Where are we heading right now. And the worst part is that even People of Pakistan cannot even criticize that if we do then biased and so called liberal critics will say that some families or peculiar party or peculiar region of Saints is deliberately targeted. All I can say Democracy and Peeri Faqeeri Zindabad. Pakistani Awaam Murdabad.
Now Gillani will have total of 53 ministers with their 106 secretaries and 212 assistants, providing them bungalow's, plots and luxury cars with heavy protocol comprising of 100's of elite force Jawans, Democracy is the best Revenge from nation???