ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Thursday reconstituted the Council of Common Interests (CCI).
A statement issued from Prime Minister House said that Prime Minister Abbasi has reconstituted the CCI.
It added that chief ministers of all four provinces, minister for inter-provincial coordination, minister for industries and productions and finance minister would be members of the council. The council will be chaired by the prime minister.
Meanwhile, the prime minister has directed to immediately release funds from Sustainable Development Goals programme for electricity, gas and other schemes in south Punjab.
While talking to a delegation of PML-N MNAs in Islamabad on Thursday, the PM said that he will personally monitor the progress of development schemes in the areas and MNAs from south Punjab can contact him anytime for resolution of public grievances.
Those who attended the meeting included Minister for Inter Provincial Coordination Riaz Hussain Pirzada, Minister of State for Industries and Production Arshad Khan Leghari, MNAs Ali Hassan Gilani, Syed Muhammad Asghar, Tahir Bashir Cheema, Sheikh Fayyaz-ud-Din, Khusro Bakhtyar, Mian Imtiaz Ahmad, Zeb Jaffer, Maiza Hameed and Sabiha Nazir attended the meeting.
Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Sheikh Aftab Ahmed was also present.
NEW ADVISERS, SPECIAL ASSISTANTS ALLOCATED PORTFOLIOS:
Meanwhile, PM Abbasi also allocated portfolios to newly appointed advisers and special assistants.
Portfolios of the advisors are Amir Muqam (Political Affairs), Irfan Sidiqqui (National History and Literary Heritage), Jam Mashooq Ali (IRSA Affairs) and Mehtab Ahmed Khan (Aviation).
All of the advisers will have the status of federal ministers.
Portfolios of the special assistants are Asif Saeed Kirmani (Political Affairs), Miftah Ismail (Economic Affairs), Dr Musadik Malik (Media Affairs), Zafarullah Khan (Law) and Kh Zaheer Ahmed (Institutional Reforms).
The special assistants will have the status of minister of state.
