Thursday, January 15, 2009

NWFP likely to have woman health minister




NOWSHERA: The NWFP would have first elected woman as minister for health after the PPP high command decided to implement the decisions of central executive committee to separately run the party and public offices.

According to a notification issued by the Pakistan People’s Party, PPP MPA Shazia Tehmas would get the portfolio of health ministry as the NWFP Minister for Health Syed Zahir Ali Shah was made provincial chief of the party.

Federal Minister Najmuddin Khan and NWFP Senior Minister Rahimdad Khan quit the party offices and were replaced by Dir District Nazim Ahmed Hassan Khan and Health Minister Zahir Ali Shah, respectively.

President Asif Ali Zardari’s Special Assistant Sardar Ali Khan and presidency spokesperson Farhatullah Babar confirmed to ‘The News’ that party and public offices had been separated. They said the process was initiated from the NWFP while it would be gradually implemented in other provinces as well.

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