Tag: Cii

CII forms body to oversee salaries of devolved ministries’ employees

ISLAMABAD - The Council of Common Interest (CCI) on Tuesday formed a committee headed by secretary finance to devise mechanism for payment of salaries to the employees of all the ministries devolved to the provinces. Finance Secretary Dr Waqar Masood told journalists that the committee was constituted to workout financial impact in terms of salaries of the employees.
He said the issue of subsidy on agricultural tube wells as well as privatization of generation and distribution

CII advices piling up at Parliament House

ISLAMABAD - Recommendations of Council of Islamic Ideology (CII), on a number of legal and constitutional issues are piling up at the office of the speaker National Assembly and chairman senate as neither Musharraf regime nor the PPP-led government laid these reports before the parliament for discussion.
These reports swathed in dusty files at the parliament house for over a decade now have practically declared the council a redundant entity. The recommendations contain detailed

Govt not sending blasphemy reference to CII

ISLAMABAD - The government is reluctant to send a formal reference to the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) to have the top religious body's opinion on the blasphemy law in the light of Islamic injunctions, as seeking an opinion would make it mandatory for the government to legislate in accordance with the recommendations.
A source in the CII told Pakistan Today that the CII had the mandate to examine any of the prevailing laws in the country to determine whether they were in

Shirani takes charge as 13th CII chairman

ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl senator from Balochistan, Maulana Muhammad Khan Shirani took charge as the 13th chairman of the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) on Friday.
The government had notified him as the new chairman on November 16. The government took five months to appoint the new CII chairman, as the six-year tenure of the former chairman Dr Muhammad Khalid Masud expired on June 14.
The present council consists of eleven members - Muhammad Sadeeq Hazarvi

Shirani refuses to take charge of CII

ISLAMABAD: The new chairman of the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII), Muhammad Khan Sherani, on Tuesday refused to take charge of the council, saying the appointment was not made under Article 228 of the constitution.
Without explaining how the appointment did not conform to the constitution, he said, "I will accept the position if the appointment is made according to the constitution."
Article 228 says, "(4) The President shall appoint one of the members of the Islamic