ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar has sped up the consultation for the formation of the interim cabinet.
According to the private news channel report, the interim PM has decided to form a small cabinet and personally review the profiles of all possible candidates.
“I don’t want to put more burden on the country suffering from economic problems,” the caretaker prime minister told his friends.
PM Kakar further expressly wished that his protocol be kept to a minimum, adding that he did not want to incur unnecessary expenses nor make people suffer.
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The report further revealed that the names of caretaker ministers under consideration include former foreign secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani, former civil servant Shoaib Suddle, former Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president Ahsan Bhoon, former senator Sarfaraz Ahmed Bugti, and former police IG and acclaimed columnist Zulfiqar Ahmad Cheema.
Moreover, former information minister Muhammad Ali Durrani is likely to be given the portfolio of the Ministry of Information.
A day earlier, Kakar — a former senator and a leader of the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) — took oath as the eighth caretaker prime minister of Pakistan to see the country through to the general elections which are due in months.
