ISLAMABAD – In pursuance of the PML-N agenda seeking 30 percent cut in government expenditures and right-sizing of the cabinet, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani is poised to relieve ministers whose ministries have been devolved to the provinces. With just 39 days left for the implementation of the PML-N’s reforms agenda, Gilani has started consultations on reducing the cabinet’s size and in the first phase, the ministers whose ministries have been transferred to the provinces would be relieved of duties. A source in the government said Zakat and Ushr Minister Noorul Haq Qadri, Youth Affairs Minister Shahid Bhutto, Special Initiatives Minister Lal Muhammad Khan and Minister of State for LGRD Masood Abbas are set to be sent packing. According to the sources, apart from sending non-functional ministers home, the government is likely to sack a number of ministers of state to reduce the cabinet’s size and cut government expenditures.
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