Nuts 20 Cabinet members! Thats large..Sherpao and Shujaat are chors..Faisal and Rao are lotas...not a good beginning!
A profile from the BBC on our new Prime Minister. If anybody can find more profiles, the please post away. 
Profile: Zafarullah Jamali
*Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, elected Pakistan’s new prime minister, is a veteran politician from an influential political family. He is the country’s first premier from the south-western province of Balochistan, a large but sparsely-populated territory which borders Afghanistan.
Mr Jamali, 58, is described as a moderate, middle-of-the-road leader. He was among several senior members of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League party who defected after the military coup which deposed him in 1999. They formed their own faction, the PML-Q, which won the most seats in general elections in October. Since the coup, the PML-Q has remained close to the military regime and Mr Jamali has already indicated that he is willing to co-operate with President Pervez Musharraf, even if he continues to remain the chief of the army.
Veteran
Mr Jamali began his political life as a member of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), which he joined in the 1970s, and has since been regularly elected to the national and provincial parliaments. He has featured in various national cabinets - first under the left-leaning Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto in the 70s, then under military dictator Zia ul Haq in the 80s. He also served in the civilian government led by Mohammad Khan Junejo later in that decade. In 1988, he became acting chief minister of Balochistan, a post to which he was reappointed following the dismissal of the Benazir Bhutto government in 1996. In elections the following year, he became a senator in Islamabad.
Polyglot
Married with three sons and a daughter, Mr Jamali comes from a landowning family which has played an active role in Pakistani politics for over 50 years. He was born in the village of Rowjhan, and attended the prestigious Royal College at Murree and Aitchison College in Lahore before gaining a Masters degree at Punjab University. He speaks English well and is also fluent in the main local languages including Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashto and Balochi.
His critics believe it is unlikely he will challenge General Musharraf. But observers point out that Mr Jamali has asserted himself on occasion in the past. They add, however, that he is likely to come under considerable pressure in his new job.*
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Congrats to Jamali sahib...Lets all pray he does well for Pakistan. :)
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Vaisay, ** Mir ** Zafarullah Jamali---does this mean our new PM is a ** sayyid ** --descendent of our Beloved Master Prophet Muhammad sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam?
The following article from ‘The Nation’ gives a fairly balanced view of the first cabinet appointments. So far it seems to be a cabinet that is balanced, representative, and provides continuity. It does encompass ‘merit’ as well as freshman, and hopefully after the Senate elections we will see these principles expanded for the remaining appointments. Its good to see Zubeda Jalal continue as Education minister, and Nilofer Bakhtiar being brought in to advise on women’s development. Best of all it is great to see Balochistan province get a record number of ministers – 3 (14%)
http://www.nation.com.pk/daily/241102/main/top5.htm
Delicate balancing act
By M.A. Niazi
Prime Minister Zafarullah Jamali has paid the PPPP Forward Bloc its 30 pieces of silver in forming his Cabinet, while achieving a delicate balance between the various components of his coalition, and leaving space for further expansion after the Senate elections. However, he has basically given the overall structure of his government, with only the Communications, Local Government and Law Ministries portfolios still unfilled or awaiting a full-time Minister. At the same time, Jamali is hemmed in. He has an Honorary Senior Adviser on Foreign Affairs and Law in Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada, the Finance and Planning portfolios rest with his new Adviser Shaukat Aziz, while his Senior Minister, Rao Sikander Iqbal, has the crucial Defence portfolio. Of the four major ministries, or ‘great offices of state,’ (Defence, Finance, Interior and Foreign Affairs), only the last has gone to a member of his own party.
Continuity is further represented by Zubeida Jalal remaining at Education, while Communications and Law remain vacant for the present incumbents, if they come through the Senate. Shaukat Aziz too is expected to resume as a full-fledged minister once he gets into the Senate. It is also worth noting that that the PPPP Forward Bloc, on the strength of its 6 percent share in the coalition, has obtained half of the major ministries, and 29 percent of the overall Cabinet strength. Rao Sikander, who is part of the Formanite grid that encompasses President Pervez Musharraf himself, PML(Q) Parliamentary Leader Ch Shujaat Hussain and NSC Secretary Tariq Aziz, is an interesting choice as Defence Minister. In the five elected governments since 1985, there have been only two Defence Ministers, Ghous Ali Shah in the first Nawaz government and Aftab Shaban Mirani in the second Benazir government, as PMs have preferred to retain the portfolio, appointing a Minister of State to assist them (which Nawaz dispensed with in his second tenure). Apart from other matters, the Defence Minister’s importance lies in the fact that his Ministry processes personnel cases at the senior level for all three services. Interestingly, Rao Sikander is not formally the leader of the Forward Bloc, but has been designated Senior Minister as well, even though his group is smaller than the National Alliance and the MQM. Of the 14 full ministers, eight belong to the PML(Q), three to forward Bloc, two to the National Alliance, and one to the PPP (S). The parties or groups which remain unrepresented include the MQM (17 MNAs), the PML(F) and the FATA group (five MNAs each), as well as the PML(J) (two MNAs), the PML(Z) and the PAT (one each). Of the eight PML(Q) ministers, Sh Rashid Ahmad and Zubeida Jalal were elected as independents and joined the party later.
Geographically, Balochistan has obtained record representation with three ministers including the PM. Previously, there was usually just one. The Punjab has nine ministers, the NWFP is represented only by Aftab Sherpao and Sindh by Liaquat Jatoi and Ghaus Bux Mahar. The Punjab has six of the seven ministers of state as well as two of the PM’s advisers. The NWFP’s under-representation is mainly due to the virtual clean sweep there by the MMA, though there are some PML(Q) MNAs from the province who might expect office. The only Parliamentary Leader in the Cabinet is Makhdoom Faisal Saleh Hayat of the Forward Bloc, as Ch Shujaat Hussain, Farooq Leghari (National Alliance) have decided not to join the Cabinet. The Cabinet is not as raw as the high turnover due to the graduation condition had led many to expect. Of the full ministers, only Zubeida Jalal has no previous parliamentary experience, as Awais Leghari, Muhammad Nasir Khan, Liaquat Jatoi, Ghaus Bux Mahar and Aftab Sherpao have all served in their respective provincial assemblies. Except for the younger Leghari, they have all had provincial Cabinet experience with Sherpao serving as CM twice and Jatoi once.
Even the Forward Bloc members deserve to be in the Cabinet on merit, as Rao Sikander and Faisal have both served in two Cabinets, while Nauriz Shakoor has been a minister of state. All the ministers of state, however, are freshman MNAs, and only Habibullah Warraich has previous provincial experience. Within the PML(Q) group of ministers, though his portfolio is relatively less important, Sattar Lalika is the most experienced minister, having served as a minister of state under Junejo and as a member of both Nawaz cabinets. He will probably serve as Jamali’s right hand man within the Cabinet. Humayun Akhtar Khan’s selection for the commerce Ministry is appropriate, as he had headed the Board of Investment with state minister’s rank in the second Nawaz Cabinet. Khurshid Kasuri’s selection for the Foreign Ministry was a foregone conclusion within the coalition, unless Farooq Leghari had condescended to join the Cabinet. Kasuri will probably have to give up the Law portfolio, presumably to Dr Khalid Ranjha, if he is elected to the Senate. Apart from Communications, Local Government and Law and Parliamentary Affairs, the vacant portfolios include Science and Technology, Kashmir Affairs and State and Frontier Regions, Religious Affairs, and Culture Tourism and Sports. Though PM’s Adviser Nilofer Bakhtiar has been assigned Women Development, Social Welfare and Special Education, she is ineligible to contest for the Senate, having lost to Sh Rashid on October 10. However, she can be brought into the National Assembly through a by-election.
The above portfolios are more or less all that are available to incoming Senators, and in the case of an expansion, though Liaquat Jatoi’s Industries and Production portfolio can be split, while there is a precedent to hive off Defence Production off Defence. There is also a strong case for having a separate minister for Planning and Development. The Cabinet has drained the experience, if not necessarily the talent on the Treasury benches. Not a single former federal minister has been left out, except for Ch Shujaat and Leghari, Hamid Nasir Chattha and Ejazul Haq. However, there are several former ministers of state and provincial ministers who could still stake a claim for office at a future expansion. Rai Mansab Ali (PML[Q]) and Farooq Azam Malik (NA) have served as state ministers, while the PML(Q)’s Sardarzada Tahir Shah, Riaz Fatiana, Brig (retd) Zulfiqar Dhillon and Nasrullah Dreshak have been Punjab ministers. Dreshak, as a matter of fact, was a successful Punjab Law Minister who handled a very strong opposition with great tact, and would be an interesting choice as Parliamentary Affairs Minister, with the responsibility for managing the government’s business in Parliament. Malik Allah Yar has the distinction of having served in the West Pakistan cabinet alongside Muhammad Khan Junejo and Yasin Wattoo, as well as in Ghulam Jilani’s Punjab cabinet alongside Nawaz Sharif and Hamid Nasir Chattha, but at 82 he may not be fit enough to handle a full-fledged ministry. The PML(Q)’s Safdar Shakir, Shahid Akram Bhinder, Sardar Tufail and Jahangir Tarin have all served as CM’s Advisers with ministerial status. From Sindh, the National Alliance has Saleem Jan Mazari and Arbab Ghulam Rahim as former ministers, though the latter has his eye on the Chief Ministership, and has not yet taken oath as an MNA.
There are no major surprises in the first phase of the Cabinet, except for the exceptionally high profile for the Forward Bloc, and though his majority in the House is thin, Jamali is clearly attempting to build a lasting structure. From the materials available, it is a reasonably good selection that he has made, insofar as he has been free to make his own choices.
P.S. Asif, I read somewhere that Prime Minister Jamali belongs to a deeply religious family, he has performed Umra several times, and Hajj four times. Plus Maulana Fazlur Rehman and Qazi Hussain Ahmed attended his oath-taking ceremony, so obviously they are still interested in talks with him (and the President). I give them credit for being mature, and constructive, unlike others that cannot see beyond their personal ego’s and ambitions. Lets hope Prime Minister Jamali and the MMA come to some agreement in the future?
Zakk,
It’s 21 dear.
P.S Sherpao is a newly-elected minister for Water and Power 
.. and what about begharat forward block.. who were coerced by NAB or greed.. is it not horse trading.. immoral acts of lota league have already started.. now these same will become saints..all cases gone ..
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Tsk, tsk. Its always amusing to see the splintering PPP at each others throats, but this is the month of Ramadan you know. :)
As Qazi Hussain Ahmed said while attending the oath-taking ceremony "The fact is that the PPP deceived itself and nobody can be held responsible for it".
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Tsk, tsk. Its always amusing to see the splintering PPP at each others throats, but this is the month of Ramadan you know. :)
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It is amusing too to see u appreaciate those few lotas rather tahn sticking to PPP and leadership of BB.. and what about that shipload of lotas called PML (Q) defecting PML (N) ? and Mushy govt bribing and coercing while horse trading..
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It is amusing too to see u appreaciate those few lotas rather tahn sticking to PPP and leadership of BB..
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I am appreciating the smooth transfer of power to an elected Prime Minister, whose oath-taking all the major parties attended except those ruled by exiles, including those with frozen Swiss Bank accounts. All those major parties, including the main (official) opposition party MMA are all prepared to play a constructive part in further developing democracy in Pakistan, even if they have strong words for the government. That is their right as the responsible official opposition party. As Qazi also said the MMA would extend all possible cooperation to the ruling party to improve political and economic conditions in the country. I cannot imagine BB and Nawaz looking beyond their personal egos and grudges to work for the betterment of the country, like the MMA and all the other parties are.
Btw, the PPPP (Benazir) was not only abandoned by the Forward Bloc, but also by the entire PML (N) who voted for Rehman, and all the other component parties of the ARD, who also voted for the MMA. In fact the PPPP (Benazir) was all on its own, with not a parliamentary ally in sight. :)
.. and how bout NAB cases for those who joined Govt rather than their Party.. their sins have been washed! they were not independents.. voters gave them votes due to party.. and they were horse traded with portfolios..is this helping democracy.. Malik u must bestill shocked by PPP great performamne in last elections by securing highest no of votes in Pakistan! Every one knows how Govt manipulated seats.. but being in govt is not that important than winning hearts of people of Pakistan and PPP did that once again against all ur predictions.. ur appreaciation of Govt tactics is no shock to me.. u will go to great length in defending immoral acts of Govt of lotas..
Oh good! It’s not a maulana!
Hopefully this one would do something right!
Good luck to him! :k:
Hmmm. Just wondering Degas, did you come up with your new Signature as Jamali took PM office? 
Anyway, the current Govt. of 21 Cabinet Members is a combination of Decent people [Zubedia Jalal, Shaukat Aziz, Dr. Atta-ur-Rahan etc] and Lottas[Ch. Shujjat, Sherpao etc].
In this Business[Politics], you gotta have little dirt on you for anybody to trust, which is what Muharraf did!
You’ve to compare what’s going on in your mind and what’s going on in the Real World. 
Base on that, make a Decision 
Prime Minister Jamali’s Profile
BIO- Jamali Becomes 19th Prime Minister of Pakistan
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Nov 23 (PNS) - **The 19th elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, was born in Balochistan on January 1, 1944 in the house of Haji Shahnawaz Khan Jamali, a Baloch chief of the Jamali tribe. **
Jamali tribe is well-known for having played a leading role in the Pakistan Movement under the companion and leadership of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah as a very close companion whose close attachments with Mir Jafar Khan Jamali brother of Haji Shahnawaz Khan Jamali (his father) was instrumental in mobilizing public opinion in their area for the achievement of Pakista .
**The tribe is well known to have shown unquestionable loyalties to the making of Pakistan during the Pakistan Movement and thereafter to date Jamali tribe has the unique distinction of having provided three chief ministers to Balochistan and two federal ministers from 1970 to 1999 and a number of provincial ministers. **
Jamali has done his masters in History from the Punjab University in 1965. He did his graduation from the Government College, Lahore with distinction. He did his honors in 1963 and A-level from Atchison College, Lahore and secondary school, O level, Lawrence College from Murree .
Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali is a well-known social and political worker and a leading political figure of Balochistan. He was associated with active politics since 1970. He was elected member of the provincial assembly of Balochistan in 1977.
He has served as minister of food, information and parliamentary affairs in Balochistan Cabinet in 1977. He has also served as federal minister for state, for food, agriculture and cooperative from 1981 to 1984.
Thereafter, he was given the portfolio of federal minister for local government and rural development until 1985. Subsequently, he served as federal minister for water and power from 1985 to 1986 and Railways Minister in 1988.
He was elected Secretary General Pakistan Muslim League in 2002, the office, which he continues to hold to date .
**Jamali is a widely traveled person and has paid a number of visits to Europe, the U.S., Australia, Africa, Far East and Middle East between 1975 to 2000.
He represented Pakistan in the United Nations session in 1980 and 1991 and led Pakistan delegation to the FAO Conference in Rome in 1981. During the same year he led Pakistan delegation to the Islamic Agricultural Ministers Conference in Ankara, Turkey. **
He was elected member of the National Assembly in 1985 and a senator in 1997. In March 1982 he led a 21-member delegation of the Majlis-e-Shura for two weeks on a fact finding and goodwill mission to the United States.
Later in March 1984, he led another delegation to the 17th FAO conference for Near East Region in Aden, North Yemen.
Belongs to a deeply religious family, he has performed Umra several times. He has also performed Haj four times. His two sons are serving in Pakistan army and the older son was elected MNA in 1997. Jamali speaks Urdu, English, Balochi Punjabi, Sindhi and Saraiki.
good luck, Jamali!!
Yes, I am shocked that on one hand you can call the elections ‘rigged’, and then acknowlege the results the PPPP got. Its always hugely amusing to see a BB diehard contradict himself in the same sentance.
Btw, could you explain to me why BB, her mothers and Zardari’s Swiss bank accounts were frozen (a first for any Pakistani leader), and still remain frozen? 
Go Jamali sahib go! :k:
Let's go through the list:
Jamali...ok sort of person, although there was this story about him and some loan default that people still talk about. I am happy Baluchistan has good reprsentation for the first time.
Humayun Akhtar: Commerce Minister..I can't believe it lol, first let him explain where he made all that money from:) and besides being a favourite because of his army connections, what makes him worth being Federal Minister?
Kasuri: yes good choice, I like the guy. But he's wasted as Foreign Minister. Should be in the Law Minister.
Sherpao: Chorrrrrrrrrrrrr
Liaqat Jatoi: Excuse me NAB???
Faisal Saleh Hayat: Lota, Pir and ex NAB convict..talk about being qualified;)
Sheikh Rashid: He's good for Pindi, as Minister for culture I am sure he'll enjoy spending time in Lollywood;)
Zakk
We are in a agreement
I am shocked that Mir Zafrullah Jamali didn’t wear a sherwani during the oath taking ceremony. 
They should have made Fazlur Rehman PM. He would have worn a sherwani.