Quetta: Five ministers from Balochistan were inducted in 43 member cabinet of Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, on Friday.
Three ministers who were also in cabinet of Nawaz Sharif retained their portfolios. Senator Hasil Bizenjo is till Federal Minister for Ports and Shipping, Lt. Gen (R) Abdul Qadir Baloch retained the portfolio of Federal Minister for State and Frontier Regions (SAFFRON). Whereas, Jam Kamal got the State Minister portfolio for Petroleum.
Two new additions from Balochistan are Molana Ameer Zaman from JUI-F who has got Federal Minster for Postal Services and Mir Dostain Domki who has not been allotted a portfolio yet.
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It was expected that at least one important ministry would be allotted to members from Balochistan. Lt. Gen (R) Abdul Qadir Baloch was tipped as Interior Minister. However, that didn’t prove to be right and all important ministries were allotted to members of PML-N from Punjab who are also part of close circle of Nawaz Sharif.
Balochistan once again got the Ministry of Postal Services which is considered to be one of the least important ministries. Since 2008, this ministry has always been allotted to members from Balochistan. Current Deputy Chairman of Senate, Molana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri held this portfolio from 2014 till senate elections in March 2015.
The share of ministers from Balochistan and South Punjab has been increased in cabinet this time. Therefore, it’s being dubbed as election cabinet by the analysts.
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