Nafisa Shah top contender for cabinet slot
Staff Writer
Islamabad: Senior Pakistan People’s party leader Syeda Nafisa Shah is a qualified contender for a cabinet slot in the coalition government but is yet to be accommodated.
Nafisa Shah, can perform in any ministry given her qualifications and talent, political analysts said.
The recent appointments to the newly-formed federal cabinet have started a debate on the inadequate representation of women and minorities in the government sphere.
While the appointment of the five women to the federal cabinet has been seen as progressive, they are primarily from the two major parties of the coalition, no parliamentarian from any religious minority community was named for any cabinet posts.
Federal Minister for Information Marriyum Aurangzeb and State Minister for Finance Dr Aisha Ghaus Pasha are both from the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) while Federal Minister for Climate Change Sherry Rehman, Federal Minister for Poverty Alleviation Shazia Marri and State Minister for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar are from the PPP.
Dr Nafisa Shah, Mehrin Bhutto and Senator Krishna Kumari from PPP, Shazia Khawaja and Romina Khurshid Alam from PML-N, and Dr Shehnaz Baloch from BNP-M and Rubina Irfan from BAP are good choices for cabinet slots in the second phase, the analysts said.
