QUETTA, June 29: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Mir Mohammad Yousuf has said that three more ministers would be inducted into the provincial cabinet. Talking to newsmen after the budget session of the Balochistan Assembly here on Wednesday, he said a decision had been taken to expand the cabinet and soon three new ministers would take the oath.

“All of them would be from the PML,” Jam Yousuf said.

He did not disclose the names of the new ministers and said their names would be announced later.

At present, the Balochistan cabinet has 30 members, including 17 ministers from the MMA, 11 from the PML and two from the Balochistan National Party Awami group. With the induction of three more, the strength of the cabinet would reach 34 including the chief minister.

He said the Rs10 billion package would be used for the development of the province.

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