QUETTA, Dec 13: The Balochistan government has allotted portfolios to the newly-inducted ministers in the cabinet; Maulana Abdul Wasay would be senior minister.

According to an official notification issued here on Friday evening, Maulana Abdul Wasay would be minister for Planning & Development and Irrigation; Maulana Hussain Ahmed Sharrodi, Local Government, Information and Information Technology; Maulana Faiz Mohammad Labour, Haj-Auquaf and Minority Affairs; Abdul Wahid Siddiqui, Education; Hafiz Hamdullah Health, Public Health Engineering Department; Maulvi Faizullah Akhundzada, Agriculture and Food departments; Prince Faisal Daud, Communication and Works; Sardar Sanaullah Zehri, Home and Tribal Affairs; Mir Amanullah Notezai, Excise and Taxation Department; Lt-Col (retd) Mohammad Younas Changezi, Forest, Wildlife and Environment; Sardar Masood Ali Khan Luni, Mines and Mineral Development; Syed Ahsan Shah, Finance; Mir Mohammad Kurd Gallo, Revenue, Land Utilization, Settlement, and Relief.

The decision regarding the allotment of a portfolio to Mir Abdul Rehman Jamali, the younger brother of the prime minister, will be taken later.

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