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PPP led coalition agree to distribute Ministries

By IRNA

Islamabad : The coalition of PPP-PML-N, ANP and others has agreed to distribute the Ministries in an equitable way and decided to appoint five Federal Minister in the first phase to resolve the matter within a week.

Reliable sources said Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi of PPP will hold the office of Foreign Ministry and PML-N leader Ishaq Dar will be appointed as Finance Minister, Sherry Rehman as Information Minister and Syed Khurshid Shah as Minister for Parliamentary Affairs.

Former head of FIA Rehman Malik will be inducted as Advisor to Interior Ministry.

It is expected that Farooq H. Naik will hold the post of Law Minister.

The decision on the allocation of Ministries of Petroleum, Defence, Health Education and Water and Power and others will be made within the next twenty four hours.

They further said that PML-N is seek Ministries of Petroleum and Health, while ANP Water and Power and Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman besides Ministry of Religious Affairs is trying to get Chairmanship of Foreign Committee, however final consultations will be made on it.

PPP sources said that Federal Cabinet will be completed in three to four phases.

According to formula one Ministry will be allocated on six NA seats.