Shibli says restructuring of seven institutions on the cards
\nnews desk
\nISLAMABAD
\nThe federal cabinet has approved the constitution of an inquiry commission to investigate the Broadsheet issue.
\nInformation Minister Syed Shibli Faraz announced this while briefing the media on Tuesday about decisions taken in the federal cabinet, which met with Prime Minister Imran Khan in the chair.
\nThe information minister said the commission instead of a committee is being set up under the Commission of Inquiry Act 2017 to probe the revelations made by the Broadsheet. \u201cThe results of the Broadsheet LLC probe will be released within 45 days,\u201d the minister claimed.
\nHe said that the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) compromised Pakistan\u2019s moral values because the politicians misused it. Taking a jibe at previous governments, he said that in the past, many people were \u201cspared despite their corrupt practices\u201d while many others were \u201ceven given ministries [to hide their corruption]\u201d he said. He said that the NRO has always pushed the country backwards because whenever the rulers of this country were charged with corruption, they saved themselves by using the NRO.
\nFaraz said that Adviser on Institutional Reforms Dr Ishrat Hussain briefed the cabinet on abolishing 70,000 vacancies in various ministries and divisions and reducing the number of federal government institutions from 441 to 324. He said that expenditure of ministries and institutions has not been increased in the last two years. It was said that a restructuring plan of seven institutions have been submitted to the concerned ministries for implementation. Faraz said the cabinet also approved reconstitution of a committee regarding regularisation of contract and daily-wager employees in light of the Islamabad High Court\u2019s decision.
\nHe said recommendations of the Ministry of National Health Services and Regulations also got the cabinet\u2019s nod regarding import of the coronavirus vaccine.
\nSyed Shibli Faraz said the meeting was briefed that exports witnessed a significant rise, remittances increased by $2.8 billion and foreign exchange reserves surged by $2 billion in the last six months. Tax collection swelled by 7.9 percent in December last year, while funds utilized under the Public Sector Development Programme increased by 7.4 percent as compared to the same period last fiscal year.
\nThe information minister said the cabinet extended application of Pakistan Essential Services (Maintenance) Act, 1952 to the employees of National Institutional Facilitation Technologies, Pakistan Security Printing Corporation and Security Papers Limited Karachi for another six months period.<\/p>\n
The minister also shed light on the topic of Senate elections and said that it has always been a priority of PM Imran Khan to make the poll as transparent as possible. \u201cEveryone knows that votes in the Senate elections are bought and sold,\u201d Faraz maintained, adding that \u201celecting such corrupt officials to the Senate would not serve this country.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe PM has made it clear that there should be an open-ballot voting system in the Senate elections,\u201d he said. \u201cIf we have to go to the Parliament with regards to the Senate elections, we will definitely go there and leave no stone unturned.\u201d He said the PTI government envisages a system in the Senate where \u201cnobody would ever raise the issue of rigging.\u201d TLTP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Shibli says restructuring of seven institutions on the cards news desk ISLAMABAD The federal cabinet has approved the constitution of an inquiry commission to investigate the Broadsheet issue. Information Minister Syed Shibli Faraz announced this while briefing the media on Tuesday about decisions taken in the federal cabinet, which met with Prime Minister Imran Khan […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":170697,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-170711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-top-news"],"yoast_head":"\n