Six PML-N ministers given additional portfolios

06 Jan, 2009

Punjab government has given additional portfolios to six ministers of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Monday. The Cabinet Wing of Punjab Services and General Administration Department has issued a notification, in which Sardar Muhammad Khan Khosa, Punjab Local Government and Community Development Minister, has been given the departments of housing, urban development, public health engineering and environment.
Further, Punjab Agriculture Minister, Malik Ahmed Ali Aulakh has been given the departments of co-operatives, livestock and dairy, forest, fisheries and tourism and resort development. Punjab Excise and Taxation Minister, Mian Mujtuba Shuja-ur-Rahman has been given higher education, school education, non-formal basic education and transport departments.
Punjab Religious Affairs and Auqaf Minister Haji Ihsan ud Din Qureshi has been given the additional task of zakat and usher, and baitul mal. Punjab Prison Minister, Abdul Ghafoor has been assigned the departments of industries, commerce and investment. In addition, Punjab Minorities Affairs Minister, Kamran Michael has been given an additional department of woman development.

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