Islamabad: Pakistan Peoples Party’s Central Executive Committee (CEC) has given approval to dissolve the federal cabinet here on Friday.
President Asif Ali Zardari had convened the meeting of CEC to decide the fate of cabinet.Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and senior leaders of the PPP attended the meeting.
Addressing a press conference after the CEC meeting PPP Secretary General Jahangir Badar said that the CEC has given powers to the prime minister to either dissolve the cabinet or reshuffle, adding that all the cabinet members and advisers submitted their resignations to President Zardari.
He said that the premier would dissolve the cabinet soon, adding that the coalition partners of the government would also be taken into confidence prior to reconstitution of the cabinet.
Badar claimed that the step of cutting the cabinet size was not being taken to implement the PML-N Chief Nawaz Sharif 10-point agenda.
Replying a query he said that President Asif Ali Zardari had denied the news of his marriage, adding that there was no truth in the news story.
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