ISLAMABAD: After complete devolution of 17 ministries and divisions
to the provinces under the 18th Amendment, federal ministries and
divisions have been revamped.
Under which the number of federal ministries would be 30 instead of 47 and divisions would be 35 instead of 53
As
per the Cabinet Division sources, under the directives of Prime
Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani federal ministries and divisions have
been reorganized, under which the ministry of Cabinet Secretariat will
be comprised on 3 divisions includes; Cabinet Division, Establishment
Division and Capital Administration & Development Division.
The
following Ministries will comprise on their respective divisions such
as Commerce Division will consist of Ministry of Commerce,
Communication Division on Ministry of Communication, Defense Division
on Ministry of Defense, Defense Production Division on Ministry of
Defense Production while Economic Affairs Division and Statistics
Division have been merged into Economic Affairs & Statistics
Division.
On the other side, Finance Ministry will consist on 3 divisions including Finance, Revenue and Planning and Development.
The
ministries and divisions which have been changed ncludes; Foreign
Ministry, Housing and Construction, Industry, Information &
Broadcasting, Information Technology, Interior Ministry,
Inter-Provincial Coordination Affairs, Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan
Affairs, Law, Justice & Parliamentary Affairs, Anti-Narcotics,
Overseas Pakistanis, Petroleum & Natural Resources, Shipping &
Ports, Postal Services, Privatization, Production, Railways, Religious
Affairs, Science & Technology, States & Frontier Regions
(SAFRON), Textile Industry and Water & Power. Whereas, Human Rights
Division has been given a status of Ministry.
The sources
further told that at present there are 29 Ministers of 30 Ministries,
however only 21 are functional. There are 6 Ministers including Mir
Hazar Bijrani, Ameer Muqam, Samina Khalid Ghurki, Israr Zahiri, Riaz
Peer Zada and Ch. Wajahat Hussain still have not been awarded their
portfolios.
Meanwhile, the resignation of 2 federal ministers
Babar Ghouri and Farooq Sattar has not been accepted yet and are still
shown to be part of cabinet. Online
