Expansion in Punjab cabinet after Eid

LAHORE-The PML-N has agreed to give the portfolios of health and education to the PPP, the two key cabinet slots which had been a bone of contention between the two parties since formation of Punjab cabinet in April 2008.

Senior Punjab Minister Raja Riaz informed this while talking to a select group of reporters at Lahore Press Club on Monday.

The minister said that Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has assured that PPP would get 40 per cent share in Punjab cabinet, and the portfolios of health and education would also go to it. He said the portfolio of health department would be given to PPP minister Dr. Tanvirul Islam, currently holding the charge of Culture, Sports and Youth Affairs.