Egypt's prime minister has reshuffled his cabinet following mounting pressure from protesters in Tahrir Square and elsewhere in the country.<br /><br />The demonstrators blame Essam Sharraf's government for the slow pace of reform and for not being serious enough about putting members of the old regime on trial.<br /><br />Many Egyptians say the changes to the cabinet are irrelevant since the real decision-making power in the country lies in the hands of the supreme military council.<br /><br />Some analysts say the reshuffle is at best a change of names rather than policy, Dr Rabab el-Mahdi, a professor of political science at the American University in Cairo, said: "For one, they kept some of the ministers who served under Mubarak, like the minister of international co-operation and environment.<br /><br />"Secondly, the new appointments also included names from the NDP [the former ruling party], like the minister of education."<br /><br />The swearing in of the new cabinet has been postponed until Tuesday.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Sherine Tadros reports from Cairo.
