LAHORE, Dec 8: The new Punjab cabinet would be small initially, comprising 12 or 13 ministers, according to official sources.

Arshad Lodhi, Amer Sultan Cheema, Sardar Hasan Akhtar Mokal, Chaudhry Iqbal, Shaheen Attiqur Rehman and PPP’s Rashid Bhatti were likely to be inducted into the cabinet which would be announced in a few days, they said.