Fawad Chauhdry likely to get information ministry in cabinet reshuffle

• Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar will be removed from his present position while ministries of petroleum and aviation will be given to Shibli Faraz.
• Farrukh Habib is likely to be made minister of state.
• Senator Faisal Javed Khan also may get an important ministry. 

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan may induct new faces into the Federal Cabinet and change portfolios of some ministers, The News reported Tuesday.

Sources told the publication that the prime minister wants to introduce some new faces to his team as he is not happy with the performance of some ministers and has completed consultations for the changes.

On Monday, PM Imran removed Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh as finance minister and tasked Hammad Azhar to lead the government efforts to curb inflation.

The report said that changes in the information, power, aviation, economic affairs and Kashmir committee have been mulled over.

According to the sources, Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar will be removed from his present position, while the ministries of petroleum and aviation will be given to Shibli Faraz.

It was discussed that Fawad Chaudhry will be brought back to the information ministry. Chaudhry, however, also wants to retain charge of the ministry of science and technology.

It was also decided that the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting could be split into two, giving information to a state minister and broadcasting to a special assistant to the PM, sources told the paper.

Farrukh Habib is likely to be made minister of state, while the Kashmir Committee might be given again to Syed Fakhar Imam, taking it back from Shehryar Afridi.

Portfolios of energy and petroleum are likely to be taken back from Omar Ayub. However, the expected changes have not yet been finalised.

According to sources, the return of Faraz, Faisal Vawda and Usman Dar to the cabinet was also discussed in the meeting chaired by the prime minister, as it also deliberated on the shuffle of advisers.

Senator Faisal Javed Khan also might be given an important ministry.