PM Imran chairs federal cabinet meeting

A meeting of the federal cabinet is in progress in Islamabad on Tuesday with Prime Minister Imran Khan in the chair.

According to the details, the cabinet will review the political and economic situation of the country, consultation on key issues including the independence march of the opposition, the government negotiating committee and briefing on food prices.

According to sources, the meeting will focus on a 12-point agenda, approve lending of 5 billion rupees for construction of cabinet houses, appointments in several subsidiaries of the Ministry of Science and Technology are included in the agenda and 6 new ordinances after the approval will also be presented in the cabinet.

Dire situation in Occupied Kashmir as well as Indian aggression on the line of control will also be discussed.

The cabinet will also be briefed on the prices of essential commodities.

In the last Cabinet meeting, PM Imran directed the planning Minister regarding the prices of essential commodities while the Cabinet endorsed the decisions of the Economic Coordination Committee and Cabinet Committee on Legislation and directed to monitor the prices of life-saving medicines.