LAHORE: Punjab cabinet is likely to witness a reshuffle within the next 24hours after Chief Minister Usman Buzdar has approved the changes.
According to sources, some new faces would be inducted into the cabinetincluding the possible names of Yawar Abbas, Gazain Abbasi, and MusarratCheema.
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Yawar Abbas, who got elected from PP-1 Attock, is currently the chairman ofthe Public Accounts Committee-II while Gazain Abbasi was elected member ofthe Punjab Assembly from PP-253 Bahawalpur.
Sources privy to the details said that the portfolios currently beingwithdrawn from the incumbent law minister would be handed to otherministers besides also getting some of the ministerial portfolios from theincumbent cabinet members.
An earlier reshuffle in the provincial cabinet on November 02linksawthe induction of Firdous Ashiq Awan, who replaced Fayyaz Chohan as SpecialAssistant to Punjab CM Usman Buzdar on Information.
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“The chief minister, Punjab has also been pleased to assign the portfolioof Special Assistant to Chief Minister on Information to Ms. Firdous AshiqAwan,” the notification said.
Fayyaz ul Hassan Chohan was allocatedlinkportfolio of Minister for Colonies and was later also appointed as aprovincial prison
