QUETTA, Nov 20: Six more ministers are being inducted in the caretaker Balochistan cabinet.

They are likely to take oath of their offices in the Governor’s House on Wednesday.

With the induction of the new ministers the strength of cabnet would rise to 17.

Sources said that caretaker Chief Minister Sardar Moha-mmad Saleh Bhootani on Tuesday finalised the names of the new ministers and informed the governor about his decision.

The names of the expected ministers are: Mir Abdul Majeed Bizenjo, Sardar Inayatullah Zehri, Sardar Aziz Ahmed Lehri, Waja Manzoor Ahmed, Sardar Sher Ahmed and Sardar

Yahya Khan Nasar.—Staff Correspondent

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