Under pressure Iraq's PM Abadi names new ministers for parliament to approve

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced new ministers on Tuesday under increasing pressure from demonstrators to implement reforms and reshuffle the government cabinet.

New ministers approved by parliament are: Hasan Janabi as Minister for Water, Wafa Mahdawi as Minister for Labour, Alaa Ghani as Minister for Health, Abdulrazaq al-Eisa as Minister for Higher Education, Alaa Dishr as Minister for Electricity and Aqeel Mahdi as Minister for Culture.

The remaining ministerial posts to be voted on are: Education, Communications, Foreign, Finance, Justice, Youth, Industry, Planning, Housing, Transport and Oil. 

The dramatic parliament session has been adjourned until Thursday when parliament will vote to either approve or reject ministers Abadi proposes for these remaining posts.