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      <title>PM Shehbaz’s cabinet meets to discuss seven-point agenda</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The federal cabinet meeting, presided over by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, started on Wednesday to deliberate upon a seven-point agenda, &lt;em&gt;Aaj News&lt;/em&gt; reported.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Different divisions will brief the premier about their portfolios, according to a statement. Moreover, officials will brief the huddle about the e-cabinet system.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;PM Shehbaz’s cabinet, which includes 31 federal and three state ministers, was &lt;a href="https://www.aaj.tv/news/30284248/pm-shehbaz-sharifs-37-member-federal-cabinet-sworn-in"&gt;sworn in&lt;/a&gt; on Tuesday. The premier has also appointed three advisers. According to the list issued by the Cabinet Division, PML-N took 14 ministries, PPP nine, JUI four, MQM-P two, and JWP and BAP have one ministry each.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The official handout added that the Finance Division will offer a briefing on the economic situation, with the International Monetary Fund predicting an increase in the &lt;a href="https://www.aaj.tv/news/30284314/imf-projects-rise-in-pakistans-inflation-rate-this-year"&gt;inflation&lt;/a&gt; rate this year. Separately, the Power Division secretary would present a report on energy.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In addition, the Interior Division would brief the cabinet on the law and order situation. It is expected that the huddle would give a nod to the decisions of the Economic Coordination Committee.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Finance Minister Miftah Ismail on Tuesday presided over an ECC meeting. “The price differential is to be paid to the Oil Marketing Companies/Refineries by the government as a subsidy in the wake of government’s decision to keep the petroleum products’ prices stable,” read a &lt;a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="link--external" href="https://twitter.com/FinMinistryPak/status/1516475632535937031"&gt;statement&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;The ECC approved a supplementary grant of Rs68.74 billion for the disbursement of PDC to OMCs/refineries for the month of April 2022 and to meet the shortfall for the month of March 2022.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“1st ECC meeting of the Shehbaz Sharif govt approved fuel subsidy of ~Rs 31 b announced but not funded by PTI govt for April 1-15, ~Rs 36 b for April 16-30 that we announced &amp;amp; funded, &amp;amp; Rs 2 b arrears from March,” Miftah said in a tweet.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;“This will immediately bring liquidity &amp;amp; relieve supply constraints,” he added.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Earlier, British High Commissioner to Pakistan Christian Turner called on PM Shehbaz Sharif, according to the prime minister’s office statement.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;The high commissioner congratulated Shehbaz on assuming the office of the prime minister and conveyed the best wishes of the British government.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <content:encoded xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p><strong>The federal cabinet meeting, presided over by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, started on Wednesday to deliberate upon a seven-point agenda, <em>Aaj News</em> reported.</strong></p>
<p>Different divisions will brief the premier about their portfolios, according to a statement. Moreover, officials will brief the huddle about the e-cabinet system.</p>
<p>PM Shehbaz’s cabinet, which includes 31 federal and three state ministers, was <a href="https://www.aaj.tv/news/30284248/pm-shehbaz-sharifs-37-member-federal-cabinet-sworn-in">sworn in</a> on Tuesday. The premier has also appointed three advisers. According to the list issued by the Cabinet Division, PML-N took 14 ministries, PPP nine, JUI four, MQM-P two, and JWP and BAP have one ministry each.</p>
<p>The official handout added that the Finance Division will offer a briefing on the economic situation, with the International Monetary Fund predicting an increase in the <a href="https://www.aaj.tv/news/30284314/imf-projects-rise-in-pakistans-inflation-rate-this-year">inflation</a> rate this year. Separately, the Power Division secretary would present a report on energy.</p>
<p>In addition, the Interior Division would brief the cabinet on the law and order situation. It is expected that the huddle would give a nod to the decisions of the Economic Coordination Committee.</p>
<p>Finance Minister Miftah Ismail on Tuesday presided over an ECC meeting. “The price differential is to be paid to the Oil Marketing Companies/Refineries by the government as a subsidy in the wake of government’s decision to keep the petroleum products’ prices stable,” read a <a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="link--external" href="https://twitter.com/FinMinistryPak/status/1516475632535937031">statement</a>.</p>
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<p>The ECC approved a supplementary grant of Rs68.74 billion for the disbursement of PDC to OMCs/refineries for the month of April 2022 and to meet the shortfall for the month of March 2022.</p>
<p>“1st ECC meeting of the Shehbaz Sharif govt approved fuel subsidy of ~Rs 31 b announced but not funded by PTI govt for April 1-15, ~Rs 36 b for April 16-30 that we announced &amp; funded, &amp; Rs 2 b arrears from March,” Miftah said in a tweet.</p>
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<p>“This will immediately bring liquidity &amp; relieve supply constraints,” he added.</p>
<p>Earlier, British High Commissioner to Pakistan Christian Turner called on PM Shehbaz Sharif, according to the prime minister’s office statement.</p>
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<p>The high commissioner congratulated Shehbaz on assuming the office of the prime minister and conveyed the best wishes of the British government.</p>
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