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Prime Minister To Chair NEC Meeting Today

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan will chair a National Economic Council (NEC) meeting today (Wednesday) in Islamabad.

Chief Ministers of four provinces, high-level provincial leaders, Financial Advisor Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh, Trade Advisor, Planning Minister, Institutional Reforms and Austerity Advisor will participate in the summoned meeting.

The meeting members are likely to approve an annual development program for the financial year 2019-20.

Summoned provincial chief ministers will apprise the Premier on priorities of ongoing developmental projects in their respective provinces۔

Moreover, NEC will also verify decisions of Central Development Working Party (CDWP) and Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC).

The meeting agenda also includes approval for the next financial year’s Public Sector Development Programme and allocation of Rs1.300 billion for the Aviation Division.

Other than that, NEC will allocate Rs7.57 billion or Climate Change Division and increase the allocated Rs18 billion for the Finance Ministry to Rs36billion.