Tariq Sayeed, former president of Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI), has welcomed the decision of the government to reduce the size of Cabinet, stating that it would shorten the volume of non-development expenditures of the government and provide quality leadership to the country instead of quantitative representation.
He said that smaller but efficient cabinet was in the best interest of the country particularly in view of the present circumstances the country was faced with. He cited the example of other countries and said Pakistan with a population of 170 million had a huge Cabinet of 96 ministers, which was quite bigger as compared with the World's most populous country China, which has only 14 ministers, representing population of 1.35 billion.
While India, the second largest population of the World (1.26 billion) has 26 ministers, USA, the third largest nation with a population of over 310 million, has a cabinet of 14 ministers while UK, which ruled half of the World in colonial system and still has a major role in global affairs, has only 12 ministers in its Cabinet. In Indonesia, which is the fifth most populous country of the World, 20 ministers represent the 237 million people at Cabinet.
FPCCI's former president said the Cabinet of the country like Pakistan, which was already passing through the worst phase of its history, should be minimised to an adequate size, which will have smaller liabilities and create major impact on domestics and international affairs.-PR