Islamabad: Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi formed his cabinet on Friday while including a first Hindu Darshan Lal in a Pakistan government in more than 20 years, Media reports said.
Lal used to practice as a doctor in Mirpur Mathelo town in Ghotki district of Sindh province, and was elected to the national assembly for the second time in 2013 on a Pakistan Muslim League (N) ticket under the minority quota, reports said about the Hindu minister.
“The reshuffle was aimed at bolstering support for the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) ahead of the general elections in mid-2018, with President Mamnoon Hussain administering the oath of office to 47-member cabinet that included 28 federal and 19 state ministers in a televised ceremony at his official residence,” the report said. Darshan Lal would head coordination between four Pakistani provinces, a government official said.
