When the promised small cabinet swells to more than double its initial size, it begs a few questions on need and motives

The recent expansion in the federal cabinet has shocked many, including some in the PML-N

The latest cabinet expansion has done little to resolve discontent within the alliance

Cabinets in Pakistan remained larger during democratic dispensations than during military regimes

The expansion is being perceived as another opportunity to exercise power at the expense of precarious state resources