ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh is chairing a meeting of the ECC on Thursday.—PPI
ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet on Thursday decided to continue a general subsidy on five essential kitchen items until June 30, 2021 and turned down a request of the Utility Stores Corporation (USC) for immediate increase in their prices despite non-utilisation of rolled over funds from the Prime Minister’s Covid-19 Relief Fund.
The meeting presided over by Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh also did not approve for the time being an increase in commission of oil marketing companies (OMCs) and their dealers and a five-year textile and apparel policy.