Prime Minister Chairs Farewell Cabinet Meeting

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 1st Jun, 2018 ) :Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Thursday chaired the farewell meeting of the Federal cabinet, just few hours from the dissolution of his government on completion of five year term.

Held at the Prime Minister's Office, the meeting started with the recitation of verses from Holy Quran which later took up the routine agenda items and made various decisions concerning different divisions and sectors.

The cabinet ratified the decisions taken by the Cabinet Committee on Privatization in its meeting held on May 25, 2018, Economic Coordination Committee on May 30 and 31, 2018 and Cabinet Committee for Disposal of Legislative Cases on May 29 and 30, 2018.

The federal cabinet accorded approval to sign agreements of Shanghai Cooperation Organization during the Heads of State Meeting at Qingdao China to be held on June 9 and 10, 2018.

It also approved the appointments of Chairman (BS-21) in Drug Court Balochistan, Quetta and of Member (Engineering) in Capital Development Authority, Islamabad.

It gave go ahead for the placement of University of Islamabad Bill, 2017 before Parliament and appointment of auditors for Financial Year ending on June 30, 2018 in Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP).

The meeting nodded to the establishment of Public Private Partnership Authority besides the amendment in Rules of business, 1973 in Pursuance of Cabinet Decision in Case No. 249/17/2018 dated April 25, 2018.

� The body, while discussing the paucity of water for the Kharif season crops, approved a proposal for provision of power to the farmers operating tube-wells at a flat rate for next three months.

The cabinet nominated Sher Afgan Khan, Additional Secretary as Director on board of Directors of Oil and Gas Development Company Limited.

Reforms package for the purpose of transforming Kashmir Council into an advisory body, as decided by the National Security Committee, was also presented before the Cabinet. The Cabinet accorded approval for tabling of the reforms before the AJK Legislative Assembly.

It approved reduction in regulatory duty on export of copper scrap from 25 % to 15 %.

The cabinet decided to re-impose regulatory duty on import of cotton with effect from July 15, 2018.

The meeting also approved the recommendations of a Committee constituted by it earlier regarding LNG Terminals at Port Qasim and referred the matter to the Board of Directors of Port Qasim Authority for further consideration and implementation.