{"id":404880,"date":"2024-05-06T05:36:29","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T00:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=404880"},"modified":"2024-05-06T05:36:29","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T00:36:29","slug":"bilawal-may-return-as-foreign-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/bilawal-may-return-as-foreign-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Bilawal may return as foreign minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> ISLAMABAD<br \/>\nPPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari is likely to return as the country\u2019s foreign minister as the ruling PML-N and PPP were close to finalising a power-sharing deal, according to people familiar with the development.<br \/>\nIf the insiders are to be believed, Bilawal would join the cabinet of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif as foreign minister. They said that an understanding between the party bigwigs was reached recently during their talks.<br \/>\nThey claimed that Bilawal, who was initially reluctant to join the cabinet, agreed to become the foreign minister once again. The two sides are now working on the details and the timing of PPP formally joining the cabinet.<br \/>\nSources said PM Shehbaz wanted the PPP to join the cabinet before the next budget to be presented in the first week of June.<br \/>\nIt is, however, not clear whether the PPP joins the cabinet before or after the budget. One thing is certain: the PPP will be part of the cabinet in June, according to sources.<br \/>\nThe incumbent foreign minister, Ishaq Dar, was appointed as deputy prime minister to allow room for Bilawal to become the top diplomat.<br \/>\nSources said that Dar\u2019s office was being set up at the Prime Minister\u2019s Office, and he would operate from there once he vacates the Foreign Office for Bilawal.<br \/>\nDar, according to sources, was never comfortable as foreign minister as he always wanted to look after his favourite Finance Ministry. But Shehbaz and others in the PML-N wanted to keep him at bay.<br \/>\nNevertheless, he managed to convince the prime minister to appoint him as his deputy. As deputy PM, he could potentially oversee the government\u2019s economic policies once again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari is likely to return as the country\u2019s foreign minister as the ruling PML-N and PPP were close to finalising a power-sharing deal, according to people familiar with the development. If the insiders are to be believed, Bilawal would join the cabinet of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif as foreign minister. 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