ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Co-chairman and former president Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday said that PPP was not taking any ministry in the new coalition government as it wants to accommodate allies in the cabinet.
He was talking to the media outside Parliament House on Saturday after Raja Pervaiz Ashraf of PPP took oath as Speaker of the National Assembly.
“PPP isn’t taking ministries in the new government,” Zardari said, adding that the party wants to accommodate allies first.
The central leaders of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) held a consultative session at Zardari House on Friday to discuss the ministries in the new government.
The session was attended by Asif Ali Zardari, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, and senior leaders. The central leaders mulled over the proposal of the foreign minister’s slot for PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.
They suggested giving the position of Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) to Sherry Rehman, Khursheed Shah Communication, Naveed Qamar Petroleum, and the Ministry of Human Rights to Shazia Marri.
It is learned that Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) is likely to get slots of three ministers and four state ministers in the new government led by the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N).
