President, PM agree to accept PML-N's resignations

President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani have agreed to accept resignations of PML-N's ministers and expansion of federal cabinet. The decision has been taken in a meeting between President Zardari and Premier Gilani in the President House Wednesday. Premier Gilani briefed the president on key issues faced by the government. It was decided in the meeting that resignations of PML-N members of federal cabinet would be accepted soon. Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) had resigned from federal cabinet in central executive committee meeting on May 12, 2008. An expansion and reshuffling of the federal cabinet is on the cards for sometime this week. "The formal announcement (of the expansion) would be made within the next few days," said sources. Speaking on the occasion, President Zardari said, "Immediate measures should be taken to provide relief to the people." The president further said he believed in supremacy of parliament and offered his full support for stabilizing the government. 

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