PPP to expand Cabinet gradually

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Peoples Party’s high command has resolved to expand, gradually rather than at once, the Federal Cabinet by inducting more Ministers and Advisors with focus on cementing the remaining ruling coalition after departure of major partner the PML-N.

According to well-placed sources, President Asif Ali Zardari who also heads the ruling party, has been holding frequent meetings with not only Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gailani but also with the coalition partners since he returned from the US for, inter alia, the Cabinet expansion.

The sources were of the view that the President had delayed his China visit chiefly because of the two burning issues including the war on terror getting into critical stage, and the much needed Cabinet expansion for both manning the affairs and strengthening the coalition.