The News Daily: “JI, Qaumi Watan Party and Awami Jamhoori Ittehad Pakistan are not the problem. The internal wrangling of PTI over portfolios is really hindering the cabinet formation,” said a PTI leader, who requested not to be named. “Different regions are also vying to get most of the ministries. And the agreement doesn’t exist,” he added. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has been boasting that seeking ministries isn’t the goal of PTI’s MPAs; rather they wanted implementation of PTI agenda. However, his government’s formation has been held hostage to the desire of most of the PTI MPAs to become minsters and the persistent jockeying for portfolios. Another leader said the cabinet has been finalised and would be announced in a day or so. However, he failed to give any reason for the delay in choosing the cabinet members. He said Shaukat Ali Yousafzai, Shah Farman, Israrullah Gandapur, Ali Amin Gandapur, Atif Khan, Yousaf Ayub, Sardar Idrees and Dr Amjad Ali could be picked as ministers. Another leader, who also requested anonymity, gave a similar list of ministers. He said Shaukat Yousafzai would be minister for information, Shah Farman for C&W, Yasin Khalil for local government, Atif for health or excise, Israrullah Gandapur for law and Yousaf Ayub also for either health or excise. He said Ali Amin Gandapur is also being considered for excise and taxation and Dr Amjad Ali from Swat as a minister with an important portfolio. Ziaullah Afridi or Ishtiaq Urmar could be appointed as an adviser to the chief minister. One of these leaders said the chief minister was making efforts to bring ‘his own cronies’ to the cabinet. According to him, Pervez Khattak was interested in including Mian Jamsheduddin, who comes from Nowshera, Yasin Khalil from rural Peshawar, Shakil Ahmad from Malakand Agency and Israrullah Gandapur from Dera Ismail Khan in the cabinet.
Posted on: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 02:58:39 +0000
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