Federal cabinet approves appointment of Aslam Khan as PIA chairman

ISLAMABAD (92 News) - The federal cabinet on Tuesday approved the appointment of Aslam Khan as the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) chairman.

Briefing the media on the decisions taken by the cabinet in today’s meeting with Prime Minister Imran Khan in the chair, Minister for Information Fawad Chaudhry gave green signal to the import of one million tonnes of wheat to meet rising demand of the commodity in the country. "The approval to import more wheat was given due to the ballooning population," he added.

The cabinet meeting deferred its decision on issuance of prohibited arms licences and appointment of the CEO of the Sukkur Electric Power Company.

Besides, Fawad said the cabinet approved the draft Public Property Encroachment Bill 2021 and appointment of the executive director of the National Vocational and Technical Training Commission. He said the government will bring in a new law to remove encroachments from its pricey properties.

The cabinet endorsed its Economic Coordination Committee’s (ECC) decision of increasing cash stipend of Ehsaas Kafalat beneficiaries by Rs2,000 per annum.

In a message on his official Twitter account, Prime Minister's Special Assistant on Poverty Alleviation Dr Sania Nishtar announced, “Cabinet has ratified ECC’s decision to approve the Ministry of Povery Alleviation’s proposal to increase #EhsaasKafaalat stipend & grant equivalent of an extra month of payment to all beneficiaries every year.”

Cabinet has ratified ECC’s decision to approve the Ministry of Povery Alleviation’s proposal to increase #EhsaasKafaalat stipend & grant equivalent of an extra month of payment to all beneficiaries every year. The 6 month stipend will increase from Rs 12,000 to 13,000 from Jan 22

— Sania Nishtar (@SaniaNishtar) June 22, 2021