Some Punjab cabinet members close relatives, others get coveted ministries.

LAHORE -- Some interesting facts have emerged following the induction on Saturday of the cabinet members of Chief Minister Punjab Chaudhry Pervez Elahi.

Some of the ministers in the newly inducted cabinet are closely related to each other, while others got their preferred ministries.

Several senior ministers have been given petty ministries instead of important ones. Of the ministers that won the by-election, only two made it to the cabinet.

Lahore has the highest representation in the cabinet. Four ministers from Lahore have been included in the cabinet and two each from Kasur, Khanewal, Rajanpur, and Faisalabad.

Minister for Transport Muneeb Sultan Cheema from Sargodha and Minister for Excise, Taxation, and Narcotics Control Sadar Muhammad Asif Nakai from Kasur are close relatives.

Among ministers who got preferred ministries are Ali Afzal Sahi, Khurram Shahzad Virk and Nawabzada Mansoor Ahmed Khan, who got the Communication and Works, Law and Parliamentary Affairs, and Revenue ministries, respectively. Sahi, notably, got the ministry held at one point by his father.

Nawabzada Mansoor Ahmed Khan, son of Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan who is dubbed as the father of democracy, has been given the coveted Revenue ministry after 27 years. He was the Minister for Revenue last in Mian Manzoor Wattu's cabinet.

Retired Colonel Muhammad Hashim Dogar earlier held the Ministry of Population Welfare, but this time he has been given the key ministry of Home Affairs and Prisons.

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