The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Sunday announced a 23-member cabinet for Punjab the province. According to a PTI Media Wing statement, the cabinet members include Hafiz Mumtaz with a portfolio of Excise, Taxation and Narcotics Control; Makhdoom Hashim Bakht Finance; Sami Ullah Chaudhry Food; Faiz-ul-Hassan Chouhan Information and Culture; Yasir Humayun Sarfaraz Higher Education/ Tourism Department.
Mian Mehmood-ur-Rasheed Housing, Urban Development and Public Health Engineering, Mian Aslam lqbal Industries, Commerce and Investment; Raja Basharat Law & Parliamentary Affairs; Aleem Khan Local Government and Community Development as Senior Minister; Raja Rashid Hafeez Revenue; Dr Yasmin Rashid Primary and Secondary Healthcare/Specialised Healthcare and Medication Education; Taimor Khan Youth Affairs/Sports; Mohsin Laghari Irrigation) Murad Ross School Education and Anser Majeed Niazi Labour and Manpower. The ministers without portfolios include Muhammad Sibtain Khan, Sardar Asif Nakai, Hafiz Ammar Yassir, Malik Nouman Langrial, Hasnain Dareshak, Malik Muhammad Anwar, Chaudhry Zaheer ud Din and Hashim Dogar.
ZAHEER ABBASI adds from ISB: Chief Minister Punjab Usman Khuzdar briefed the Prime Minister on the cabinet formation during a meeting chaired by Imran Khan on Sunday. The Prime Minister interviewed around 30 members. The meeting also discussed various models of the governance to meet the expectation of the people and formation of the cabinet to deliver to the people.
The meeting also decided to form a special task force to review the performance of the ministers and those who failed to show performance will first be given warning and then the prospect of removal from their ministries. The meeting also decided that additional vehicles in the Chief Minister House will be auctioned. Prime Minister was also quoted stating that those in the powers should be role model for the people and wanted the provincial government to adopt austerity. Khan was also quoted that people are hoping of change from the new government and all efforts must be directed for bringing about change.
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