ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister-in-waiting Imran Khan will have shortestcabinet in the history of Pakistan.

Khan has decided to keep volume of the federal cabinet limited.

Initially, the cabinet will be of 15 to 20 ministers among which, allieswill also get some important posts. Party sources said that Imran Khan willhimself monitor the performance of the ministers.

The expected names of the ministers in Imran Khan’s federal cabinet emergedaccording to which, Asad Umer has come forward as a strong candidate forFinance minister post while Shah Mehmood Qureshi is being considered forForeign Minister’s slot.

Shireen Mazari is also interested for the post however possibilities existof her being made the Defence Minister.

Shafqat Mehmood is a contender for interior minister while the slot ofspeaker will be given to Sindh or Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Dr Arif Alvi is a topchoice for speaker National Assembly while Malik Ameen Aslam will be theminister or advisor for environment.

Fawad Chaudhry will possibly become the Information Minister whereas theparty is considering giving Ministry of Railways to Awami Muslim LeagueChairperson Sheikh Rashid Ahmed.

The PTI had taken the decisive lead by winning 116 seats against formerPrime Minister Nawaz Sharif s Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) andformer President Asif Zardari s Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) which won 64and 43 seats, respectively.