PESHAWAR: In a significant development, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cabinet is expected to have its first female member after a year and a half into the government. Sources familiar to the development further said that the female members will be given portfolios of adviser and full minister. A female legislator from the erstwhile tribal areas is also among the members, likely to be make their way to the provincial cabinet. It had emerged last year as well that the PTI government is eyeing its first female cabinet member during the second tenure in the province. Confirming that deliberations have been held, KP Information Minister Shaukat Yousafzai had said that the final decision on the extension of the provincial cabinet will be made by Chief Minister Mahmood Khan.

Source: Pakistan Today January 24, 2020 08:37 UTC