The formation of the cabinet in Punjab will consist of two stages as Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz's (PML-N) expected new Cheif Minister in Punjab Maryam Nawaz has finalized 26 names of her cabinet members.
In the first phase, a 16-member cabinet will be formed, for which the consultation on the names of Muslim League-N and allied parties has been completed.
The sources told the 24News HD TV channel that there will be 13 ministers from the PML-N, two from allied party the Pakistan Muslim League Quaid (PML-Q) and one from the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP).
In the first phase of the Punjab Cabinet, Maryam Aurangzeb, Khawaja Salman Rafiq, Khawaja Imran Nazir, Bilal Yasin, Mian Mujtaba Shujaur Rehman, Sardar Khizr Hussain Mazari, Manshaullah Butt, Ashiq Kirmani, Naeem Khan Bhabha, Uzmi Bukhari, Malik Faisal Ayub Khokhar, Sardar Sher Ali Gorchani, Ahmed Khan Leghari, Rahila Khadim Hussain, Sabatin Bukhari, Colonel retired Muhammad Ayub Khan Gandhi will be included.
In the second phase, Malik Asif Bhai, Akhtar Bosal, Mian Yawar Zaman, Fida Hussain, Tanveer Aslam Malik, Malik Asad Khokhar, Farrukh Ali Javed, Sheikh Salman Naeem, Malik Ghazanfar Abbas Chheena of the IPP, Ch Shafi Hussain of PML-Q will be included in the provincial cabinet.
Reporter: Rao Dilshad