The federal cabinet has approved the constitution of board of directors of National Energy Efficiency & Conservation Authority (NEECA). Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Thursday chaired the meeting of the federal cabinet here at Prime Minister's Office. The federal cabinet took the following decisions:
The cabinet approved appointment of Murtaza Khan (Pakistan Audit & Accounts Service, BS-20) as Financial Advisor in Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF) Board. The Cabinet accorded approval for signing an MoU on bilateral political consultations between ministries of foreign affairs of Denmark and Pakistan. The cabinet approved signing of an MoU on bilateral consultations between the ministries of foreign affairs of Pakistan and the Slovak Republic.
Approvals were accorded to memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP/APCICT) and the National School of Public Policy (NSPP); and memorandum of understanding between Sri Lanka Institute of Development Administration (SLIDA) and the National School of Public Policy (NSPP), Pakistan.
The federal cabinet approved appointment of Rehmatullah as Member Nepra from Balochistan. Ex-post facto approval was accorded to the acceptance of "King Abdul Aziz Medal of Excellence" and "Honorary Award of Malaysian Armed Forces Order of Valour-gallant Commander of Malaysian Armed Forces, First Degree" medal by the governments of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Malaysia respectively to Admiral Muhammad Zakaullah (retd), NI (M), former Chief of the Naval Staff.
Appointment of Nasim A Virk as Judge Special Court (Central), Faisalabad, was approved. The cabinet accorded approval to the appointment of Nasir Hussain, District and Sessions Judge, as Judge Banking Court, Bahawalpur, and Naveed Ahmad, District and Sessions Judge as Judge Banking Court-II, Gujranwala.
Ex-post facto approval was accorded to the Acceptance of "Star of Merit" to Zamir Akram, former ambassador of Pakistan by the government of the State of Palestine. The cabinet approved the proposal moved by National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination Division to implement Inter-Ministerial Committee recommendations regarding enhancement of pictorial health warning on cigarette packets. The cabinet lauded the services of Nadeem Hassan Asif, former Secretary Cabinet Division who recently retired after rendering meritorious services at the Cabinet Division and other important assignments in the civil service.
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