Vital decisions on cabinet fate today

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf  Raza Gilani is expected to effect a change in the federal cabinet, as he held a protracted meeting with President Asif Ali Zardari to mull over curtailment of the cabinet and  its re-shuffle.

Sources said the majority of state ministers would be sent home. Minister-level advisers and other technocrats would also be sacked. Also, the ministers of ten ministries devolved to provinces, are likely to be right-sized.

The sources said federal ministers including Syed Khurshid Shah, Naveed Qamar, Rehman Malik and Shah Mehmood Qureshi are expected to retain their offices. In the new set up, some ministers may get their portfolios swapped. SAMAA