LAHORE: Rana Sanaullah, president of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz in Punjab province, said consultations with allied parties for the formation of a new cabinet has been completed.
He told a private news channel that the PML-N would hold the finance, planning, and development ministries, as well as the ministries of information and broadcasting, while the Pakistan Peoples Party is interested in the foreign ministry. He further stated that the Governor of Punjab would be from the PML-N.
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According to Rana Sanaullah, the PML-N and PPP will share the majority of ministries, while other parties will be assigned portfolios based on their representation in the National Assembly.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, he said, would move through with the development initiatives at full speed because working hard is his passion.
Earlier, PDM chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman backtracked from his stance and demanded immediate elections in the country.
The ruling coalition was initially against the elections but now Maulana Fazlur Rehman of JUI-F has back-pedalled and said that there was no need to further delay the elections.
The JUI-F chief also said that if there was any flaw in the electoral system, then it should be reformed.
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Fazlur Rehman while indicating a split, maintained that the ruling coalition temporarily came into power and it’s their responsibility to return the trust to the nation.
It should be noted that JUI has existence in the present government.
The statement given by the JUI chief has been a hint toward a split of the PDM that was a joint movement to topple former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government.
