- The meeting will discuss a 19-point agenda and will review the implementation of decisions taken by the Federal Cabinet
A session of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) has been summoned by the Finance Minister Asad Umar on Tuesday (tomorrow), a private media outlet reported on Monday.
The session will be held to discuss a 19-point agenda and will review the implementation of decisions taken by the Federal Cabinet, sources said.
Formation of a division for poverty alleviation and social protection, as well as approval with regard to the appointment of a new chief executive officer (CEO) for the national flag carrier, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), was included in the agenda for the upcoming session.
An extension is likely to be made in the licence period of Vision Air for domestic and international flight operations.
The ECC will also discuss validation of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between auditor general (AG) officers of Pakistan and Malaysia. Moreover, a review will also be made on an agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for coordination in promoting renewable energy projects.
Pakistan is expected to impose a complete ban on broadcasting of Indian Premier League (IPL) matches in the country.
A policy will be devised for the renewal of licences for mobile companies for the year 2019. The committee would also formalise the appointments of three members for the National Industrial Relation Commission (NIRC).
The committee will hold detailed discussions over the report that spotted financial irregularities made during the construction of Islamabad airport.
The federal government is likely to give final approval for the transfer of budget and funds allocated for the uplift of erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) after its merger.
Earlier, the ECC meeting had approved a supplementary grant amounting to Rs1,795 million for the temporarily dislocated persons from North Waziristan in the wake of Operation Zarb-e-Azb on March 20.
