Wednesday, 24 September 2008
President Asif Ali Zardari will appoint a political adviser, a political secretary and a press secretary for himself and bring about massive bureaucratic changes at the Aiwan-e-Sadr secretariat on his return from the United States.
"Unofficially, the president's political adviser or special assistant would have the status of federal minister," an official told. He said under the Constitution, the president could not have an adviser while the prime minister could appoint a maximum of five advisers for himself.
Therefore, he said, such an appointee for the president might be given the title of special assistant or some other nomenclature. But there is no denying that he would be a powerful figure given the political weight of the president, he added.
The official said such a nominee could be an unelected PPP leader or a party MNA. Rukhsana Bangash is still working as political secretary to the PPP Co-chairman, a job she started performing some time before his election as president.
For the time being, she continues to take care of the political work of the president, he said. He said since Zardari, being the PPP co-chairman, wants to be actively involved in the party affairs and country's politics, he would have an independent political set-up of his own at the presidency, which would remain active and vibrant all the time. He said the president as no plan to shed his party office.
The official said the president's political secretary would be placed in a higher government grade like 21 or 22. In this context, Zardari will decide the fate of his two aides, including Dr Qayyum Soomro and Jamil Soomro, who have been assisting him for quite some time in his capacity as the PPP chief.
After his election as president, both want to remain close to him. Dr Qayyum is likely to be officially named as political secretary while Jamil might be given some other government position outside the presidency.
So far, Zardari has not made even a minor change in the president's secretariat as he has not been able to find time to bring in officers of his choice to assist him.
However, as yet the president has only appointed Mehmud Salim as his principal secretary, as the position fell vacant immediately after the voluntary exit of the incumbent, Mohsin Hafiz, who opted for LPR (leave preparatory to retirement) following Musharraf's resignation.
The official said there would be sweeping changes in the president's secretariat as almost all senior officers working as director-generals would be replaced by Zardari.
The president has yet to decide whether his press secretary will be a civil servant from the information ministry or other government department or a PPP activist or his personal loyalist, the official said.
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otherwise whole nation would be left to do 
But sir i wonder if this army of advisors will be composed of only Women or there is any chance for you guys too 
