KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 14 -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has yet to request names to fill vacant posts, despite speculation that a Cabinet reshuffle is imminent.

Deputy Prime MinisterDatuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said he had not received any official request from the prime minister on the matter.

"The prime minister has not asked yet. When the time comes, I will inform the media," he said briefly, according to Buletin TV3, when asked whether Umno had submitted any proposed names to fill the vacancies.

Zahid, who is also BN chairman and Umno president, was speaking to reporters after officiating the 33rd All Malaysian Indian Progressive Front (IPF Malaysia) general assembly in Hulu Langat today.

Also present were Barisan Nasion...