Islamabad:
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif emphasized Wednesday that the provision of essential foods for affordable prices was the highest priority of the government.
He also ordered the relevant authorities to prepare a comprehensive strategy to guarantee the availability of food at affordable prices during Ramazan.
He said that federal and provincial governments should collaborate to guarantee the provision of edible articles at reasonable prices for the common man.
The prime minister was presiding over the cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister’s house.
He highlighted the tedious efforts of his government to achieve sustainable economic growth based on greater industrial productivity and accumulation.
The prime minister made the opening comments at the Federal Cabinet meeting chaired by him, where he referred to his interaction with the IMF managing director in Dubai, who appreciated the Pakistan team for his commendable efforts in the implementation of the IMF program and achieves in a friendly economic way. indicators
He commented on the incident of Libya’s ship and regretted that many precious lives were lost. He directed the rooms worried to ensure that this atrocious crime comes to an end.
The Cabinet, on the recommendation of the Ministry of National Education and Vocational Training, approved the appointment of Dr. Hassan Al-Amin (BS-21) as director of the National Institute of Studies of Pakistan at the Quaid-E-A-Azam University, Islamabad. The cabinet was informed that his appointment was made by merit through a transparent system.
The cabinet, on the recommendation of the Ministry of Finance, approved the appointment of Tahira Raza as an non -executive member of the State Bank of Pakistan for a period of five years.
Similarly, the Cabinet, on the recommendation of the Ministry of Religious Affairs and interreligious harmony, approved the strategy of interreligious harmony policy and religious tolerance.
It was told to the cabinet that a subcommittee presented the recommendation after reviewing the strategy of the interreligious harmony policy and religious tolerance.
Dialogues and conferences regarding religious tolerance would remain and public awareness campaigns would also be executed under politics.
An action plan regarding the security of the rights of religious minorities is also part of politics. In addition, under the strategy of religious tolerance, measures would be taken to prevent material and hate literature in addition to preparing an action plan to solve several sectarian differences.
On the recommendation of the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interreligious Harmony, the Cabinet approved the appointment of Laila Kalpana and Satwant Kaur as female members of the Evacuee Trust Property Board.
The Federal Cabinet, on the recommendation of the Income Division, also approved the signing of the initial draft of the Convention between the Pakistan government and the Iraq government regarding the elimination of the double taxation on the Income Tax and Capital , as well as measures to avoid tax evasion and tax breach.
The cabinet ratified the decisions taken at the Meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) held on February 3, 2025.
