ISLAMABAD – Pervaiz Rashid is likely to take charge as federal ministerfor one more time, a leading daily has claimed on Monday. It would be amessage to the establishment on the Dawn Leaks episode that Nawaz Sharifstance was right.

According to daily Khabrain, the federal government, on the instructions ofNawaz Sharif, has decided to induct Pervaiz Rashid into the federal cabinetfor the last 7 days of its tenure.

The purpose of this decision is to reinstate all the victims of Dawn Leaksto their original positions so that the all-powerful military establishmentcould be given a message, says the report.

Earlier, the government of PM Khaqan Abbasi announced to appoint RaoTehseen as Director General Radio; Rao was sacked along with PervaizRashid, after the conclusion of inquiry on Dawn Leaks, however, he has nottaken charge of his office.

The report claimed that Pervaiz will be reappointed as Federal Minister forinformation and broadcasting because the incumbent minister MarriyumAurangzeb has riled the former premier Nawaz Sharif with her remarks thathis statement regarding Mumbai attacks had nothing to do with PML-N.

Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid had resigned from his position after aprobe by security agencies into the leaked story published in Dawn with thetitle ‘Act against militants or face international isolation, civilianstell military’ that unfurled details of a top-secret civil-military meeting.

Maryam Nawaz, the daughter of premier Nawaz Sharif, had expressed a fewdays back that Rasheed should have retained his post after the Dawn leakssaga.