PM reconstitutes CCI, excludes finance minister

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif reconstituting the Council of Common Interests (CCI) has excluded Muhammad Aurangzeb, Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue and has included for the first time in the history of Council, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ishaq Dar in the composition of the reconstituted CCI.

A notification to this effect has been issued.

According to the notification issued by the Secretariat of Council of Common Interests, in exercise of powers conferred under Article 153 of the Constitution of Pakistan, the president on the advice of prime minister, has constituted eight Member Council of Common Interests, with effect from March 21, 2024, as follows: (i) Prime Minister (Chairman);(ii) Chief Minister Balochistan (Member); (iii) Chief Minster, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Member);(iv) Chief Minister, Punjab (Member); (v) Chief Minister, Sindh (Member);(vi), Ishaq Dar, Minister for Foreign Affairs;(vii) Khawaja Muhammad Asif, Minister for Defence ; and (viii) Engr Amir Muqam, Minister for States& Frontier Region (SAFRAN).

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has also conferred control of Cabinet Committee on Privatisation (CCoP) to Ishaq Dar against past practice of giving it to the Finance Minister. The caretaker government of Anwaarul Haq Kakar gave the chairmanship of CCoP to Privatisation Minister Fawad Hasan Fawad aimed at expediting actions on decisions of PC Board.

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