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CE reconstitutes

Ecnec

ISLAMABAD: The Chief Executive has reconstituted the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) with immediate effect.

Finance minister will be the chairman of the reconstituted Council and it will have eight members.

The members are: minister for commerce, industries and production; minister for education, women development, social welfare and special education; minister for environment, local government & rural development, labour, manpower and overseas Pakistanis; minister for food, agriculture and livestock; minister for petroleum and natural resources; minister for water and power (when appointed); and Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission (when appointed).

The provincial representatives, as members, will be as follows: provincial finance ministers; provincial planning ministers; chief secretaries of the provincial governments; chairman, planning & development board/additional chief secretaries (development) of the provinces.

The finance minister; planning minister; chief secretary and additional chief secretary (planning and development) of the Azad government of the state of Jammu & Kashmir will be specially invited in all the meetings of the committee.

Deputy chief executive and chief secretary, Northern Areas will also be specially invited in all meetings of the Ecnec.

The secretariat of the Ecnec is located in the Cabinet Division. APP