Has he actually said to the Cabinet chiefs, okay, you guys got to come back to me with savings?

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The council is made up of several members of the cabinet, plus defence and intelligence chiefs when required, and meets weekly.

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Earlier he chaired a new task force, set up in the wake of the attack, to bring together cabinet minister and intelligence and police chiefs.

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But General Musharraf plans to sit atop a mighty National Security Council comprising the service chiefs, the prime minister and some members of the cabinet.

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He has also said that the police and military chiefs will keep their jobs and that there will be at least four women in the cabinet.

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