Prime Minister Imran Khan has reconstituted the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet and formed Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) with the Federal Minister for Finance, Revenue & Economic Affaires Asad Umer as chairman of both the panels.
A notification of the Cabinet Secretariat states, "In continuation of Cabinet Division's Notification of even number dated 27th August, 2018 and in terms of rule 17(2) of the Rules of Business 1973, the Prime Minister has been pleased to reconstitute the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet with the following composition.
"Minister of finance, revenue & economic affairs (chairman), minister for communication (when appointed), minister for law & justice, minister for maritime affairs, minister for national food security & research, minister for petroleum, minister for power, minister for planning, development & reform, minister for privatisation, minister for railways, minister for statistics(when appointed) , minister for water resources, minister of state for communications, adviser on commerce, textile, industry & production & investment, and adviser on institutional reforms & austerity as members.
"Deputy chairman, Planning Commission (When appointed), governor State Bank of Pakistan, chairman Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan, chairman Board of Investment, secretary Commerce Division, secretary Communications Division, secretary Economic Affairs Division, secretary Finance Division, secretary Industries & Production Division, secretary National Food Security & Research, Division, secretary Planning, Development & Reform Division, secretary Petroleum Division, Secretary, Power Division, secretary Railways Division, secretary Revenue Division, secretary Statistics Division, secretary Textile Division, and secretary Water Resources Division would be invited by special invitation."
Meanwhile, in an another notification issued by the Cabinet Secretariat/Cabinet Division, Prime Minister Imran Khan also reconstituted the eight-member Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) with Federal Minister for Finance Asad Umer as its chairman.
The notification states, "The Prime Minister has been pleased to constitute the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC). The composition of the committee shall be as under.
"Asad Umer, Minister for Finance, Revenue & Economic Affairs (chairman). Makhdoom Khusro Bukhtaiar, Minister for Planning, Development & Reform, Abdul Razak Dawood, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Commerce, Textile, Industry & Production & Investment, Dr Ishrat Hussain, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Institutional Reforms & Austerity, Makhdum Hashim Jawan Bakht, Punjab Minister for Finance, Nisar Ahmed Khuhro from Sindh, Taimur Saleem Khan Jhagra, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Finance, and Nawabzada Tariq Khan Magsi, Balochistan Minister for Communication & Works Department, as members.
"Deputy chairman Planning Commission (when appointed), secretary Economic Affairs Division, secretary Finance Division, and secretary Planning, Development & Reform Division would be invited on special invitation for all agenda items.
"Other officers of the federal/provincial governments as well as of the government of AJ&K, Gilgit-Baltistan & FATA shall be invited to the meetings of ECNEC on need basis."
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