Tag: CCI

Centre, provinces asked to develop consensus on food standards

--Govt directs consultation to establish single uniform standard to enhance interprovincial trade ISLAMABAD: As the Centre and provinces are yet to develop a consensus on ‘one...

Sindh CM demands CCI meeting over gas issue

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Thursday demanded to call a meeting of Council of Common Interest (CCI) on the issue...

CCI to discuss water distribution issues tomorrow

ISLAMABAD: Attorney General of Pakistan (AGP) Anwar Mansoor Khan has called a meeting of Council of Common Interest (CCI) on Tuesday to allay the...

CCI decides forming task forces over rapid population growth

ISLAMABAD: The Council of Common Interest (CCI) on Monday decided to constitute national and provincial task forces to monitor the impacts of rapid population...

As many as 750,000 people to benefit from ‘PAANI’ water initiative

Where the access to clean drinking water is dwindling at a fast pace, the need for a synergic action on part of the corporate...

CCI gives HEC month’s time to finalise proposals for unified higher...

ISLAMABAD: The Council of Common Interests (CCI) has directed the Higher Education Commission (HEC) to finalise its recommendations in coordination with the federal and provincial...

PM summons CCI meeting on Sept 24

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday summoned a meeting of the Council of Common Interests (CCI) on September 24. The CCI meeting scheduled to take place...

SC upholds supremacy of parliament, declares CCI subservient institution

In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court (SC) has upheld the supremacy of the parliament over all institutions and declared that the Council of...

Fund-raising drive for dam construction gathers pace

--Employees of SC, FO, BoP, NBP announce donation from salaries  ISLAMABAD: The fund-raising campaign for the Supreme Court's initiated dam construction project is gradually gathering pace,...

CCI unlikely to allow audit of 5 per cent of 2017...

Result of 6th census likely to be finalised without audit due to time constraint ISLAMABAD: The demand of some political parties for the audit...

CCI agrees to adopt National Water Policy

Policy to be approved in next CCI meeting after incorporating suggestions from provinces ISLAMABAD: The Council of Common Interests (CCI) Tuesday reached a...

Govt postpones CCI meeting until March 27

  ISLAMABAD: A meeting of Council of Common Interests (CCI), which was scheduled to take place on Wednesday to discuss and finalise Pakistan’s first National...

Cabinet approves presentation of first-ever draft ‘water policy’ before CCI

  ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Tuesday chaired a meeting of the federal cabinet at Prime Minister’s Office where the cabinet accorded approval for...

Land reforms bill needs parliamentarians’ attention

ISLAMABAD: The landlords sitting in both houses of parliament have been suppressing the Land Reforms (Amendment) Bill for the last seven years, Pakistan Today...

Govt suspends census verification process

ISLAMABAD: The government on Tuesday suspended the process of independently verifying the results of sixth housing and population census. The decision came after the emergence of...

CCI seeks proposals from provinces for priority SZEs

All provinces to be part of HEC for enhanced representation ISLAMABAD: The Council of Common Interests (CCI) meeting chaired by Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan...

CCI fails to tackle majority inter-provincial issues: report

ISLAMABAD: A number of issues, regarding the inter-provincial matters, have yet to be tackled by the Council of Common Interests, as reported by The...