July 10, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Committee on Inter-Provincial Coordination has finalised its 13-point work plan for the next eight months.
The plan was finalised in the committee’s informal meeting, held with the head if its chairman, Senator Raza Rabbani.
The plan includes:
(ii) The formation and functioning of the permanent secretariat of the Council of Common Interests.
(iii) To discuss the issue of the delay in the NFC Award and recommend that the said issue be taken up as an agenda item of the Council of Common Interests.
(iv) A detailed review and working of Article 158 of the 1973 Constitution, pertaining to the priority of requirements of natural gas.
Senate panel work plan
July 10, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Committee on Inter-Provincial Coordination has finalised its 13-point work plan for the next eight months. The plan was finalised in the committee’s informal meeting, held with the head if its chairman, Senator Raza Rabbani.
The plan includes:
(ii) The formation and functioning of the permanent secretariat of the Council of Common Interests.
(iii) To discuss the issue of the delay in the NFC Award and recommend that the said issue be taken up as an agenda item of the Council of Common Interests.
(iv) A detailed review and working of Article 158 of the 1973 Constitution, pertaining to the priority of requirements of natural gas.
Bill for administrative affairs of Gun and Country Club drafted, SC told
July 8, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Ministry of Inter-Provincial Coordination to ensure within six months, passage of bill from parliament regarding the management and administration of Gun and Country Club, Islamabad.
A two-member bench of the apex court comprising Justice Umer Ata Bandial and Justice Amin-ud-Din Khan heard a suo moto case regarding allotment of land worth billions by CDA to the Gun and Country Club, Islamabad, at a throwaway price. The court, while taking up an application filed on behalf of Management Committee of Gun & Country Club, directed the secretary Ministry of Inter-Provincial Coordination (IPC) to ensure passage of bill from the parliament in the matter within six months.
As ‘water politics’ has brought Sindh and Punjab face to face, a Senate committee has unanimously decided to take up in its next meeting the row between the two provinces. Photo by Kohi Marri/File
ISLAMABAD: As ‘water politics’ has brought Sindh and Punjab face to face, a Senate committee has unanimously decided to take up in its next meeting the row between the two provinces.
The decision was made at a meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Inter-Provincial Coordination held here on Wednesday and presided over by Senator Mian Raza Rabbani. It decided to invite representatives of Punjab and Sindh, the chairman of the Indus River System Authority (Irsa) and other stakeholders, including the secretaries of Ministry of Water Resources and Ministry of Energy (Power Division), for a discussion on the issues.