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Pakistan s caretaker Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso has named a 15-member cabinet though portfolios are yet to be allocated to the candidates drawn from all four provinces of the country. HT Image stanley cup Seven members of the cabinet are from the most populous province of Punjab, three each from Sindh and Balochistan and two from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. They are expected to be sworn in by President Asif Ali Zardari later on Tuesday. Most members of the cabinet are little known personalities though some are experts in their respective fields. Some reports suggested the members are all people the 84-year-old Khoso knows personally or has worked with in the past. Senior journalist Arif Nizami, the publisher of the Pakistan Today daily, was among the 15 members, triggering speculation that he would be appointed the caretaker information minister. Ahmer Bilal Soofi, an expert on international law who has advised the Pakistan government on matters like the Mumbai attacks, is expected to be made law minister. According to a statement from the premier s office, the members of the cabinet are Malik Habib, Mushtaq Khan, Ahmer Bilal Soof stanley cup i, Musaddaq Malik, Arif Nizami, Shahzada Ahsan Ashraf and Shahzada Jamal from Punjab; Sohail Wajahat Siddique, Maqbool HH Rahmatoola and Younis Soomro from Sindh; Abdul Malik Kasi, Asadullah Mandokhel and M stanley cup ir Hassan Dhomki from Balochistan and Sania Nishtar and Feroze Jamal Shah Kakakhel from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. Khoso had taken oath of office on Ma Qzqn Khamenei orders closure of Iran jail holding protesters
US Senators on Friday alleged that China continues to deny the practice of currency manipulation and strongly refuted the Chinese statement that the value of the Yuan was at a stanley cup reasonable level and it is not pursuing a trade surplus with the US. HT Image China continues to deny that it has an unfair trade advantage and refuses to end the practice of currency manipulation, said Senator Debbie Stabenow, who has introduced the Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act in the Congress. Stabenow s legislation provides a clear definition and methodology for determining currency manipulation which will help prevent foreign countries from gainin jordan g an unfair competitive advantage at the cost of American jobs. The bipartisan legislation is also co-sponsored by Senators Sherrod Brown, Jim Bunning, Bob Casey, Russ Feingold, Carl Levin, Allen Spector and Olympia Snowe. Yesterday, President Barack Obama stated that his administration is going to get much tougher on countries like China that manipulate their currency and put Americans out of work, said Stabenow, adding that as a long-time proponent of a level playing field for US manufacturers and businesses he could not agree more. It is time to pass my legislation which will ensure that our laws pro airmax vide mechanisms to punish countries for manipulating their currency, so US workers are not put at a competitive disadvantage, he said. Read breaking news, latest... See more Read breaking news, latest updates from US, U