ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the federal cabinet will be held under the chair of the Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday (today), ARY News reported.
The cabinet will discuss a 19-point agenda in Tuesday’s meeting.
The federal cabinet is likely to approve decisions taken by the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) besides reviewing the implementation of previous decisions.
Approvals for the establishment of Pakistan Media University and salary packages to Information Commission members were also included in the agenda.
ECC decisions
Earlier on April 8, the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) had approved the proposal of Communication Division to provide technical supplementary grant amounting to Rs500 million for the construction of additional carriageway on Torkham-Jalalabad Road under prime minister’s program for reconstruction of Afghanistan.
The decision of ECC would not only benefit the people and business community of the two neighbouring countries but would also help promoting trade between Pakistan and Afghanistan as well as central Asian states, reads the statement.
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The revival committee on Pakistan Steel Mills Corporation gave a comprehensive presentation to the Committee proposing various recommendations to make Pakistan Steel Mill a profitable and competitive organisation.
The Committee directed that Industries and Production Division and Privatization Commission to submit formal recommendations, in the form of summary, to ECC for a final decision.
The statement further said that ECC expressed its deep concern over the increase in prices of medicines and food items, and directed Ministries of National Food Security and Research and National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination to take practical measures to arrest the current trend of rise in prices.
Petroleum Division briefed the Committee on the status of recoveries of gas infrastructure development cess (GIDC) for different industrial sections.
The Committee was informed about the litigation in different courts of Law, which had inhibited the collection of revenue during the recent years.
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