Responding to a question regarding PTI vice chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi’s objection to stalwart Jahangir Khan Tareen’s presence at official meetings,fawad Chaudhry said Prime Minister Khan had “expressed displeasure” over the spat between the two leaders.
The premier advised the leaders against taking party matters out into the public, the minister revealed, stressing that everyone in PTI had the right to voice their opinion.
Among other decisions taken by the cabinet, a budget of Rs57.3 billion has been approved to be transferred to the former Fata region for Khasadar and other security forces, the information minister said. “It is very important the merger of Fata [with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa] is completed,” he added.
Separately, the cabinet confirmed the appointment of Air Marshal Arshad Malik as the CEO of the Pakistan International Airlines.
New boards have been constituted of: the Pakistan Mineral Development Corporation, to be chaired by Shamsuddin Ahmed Sheikh; Oil and Gas Development Company Ltd, to be chaired by Qamar Javed Sharif; Sui Southern Gas Company Limited, to be chaired by Dr Shamshad Akhtar and Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited, to be chaired by Syed Dilawar Abbas.
Prime Minister Khan during the meeting directed officials to prepare a comprehensive policy roadmap for the development of wheat, cotton and rice crops in Pakistan.
