As many as 750,000 people to benefit from ‘PAANI’ water initiative
Where the access to clean drinking water is dwindling at a fast pace, the need for a synergic action on part of the corporate entities to cater to the problem is needed…
CCI gives HEC month’s time to finalise proposals for unified higher education system
ISLAMABAD: The Council of Common Interests (CCI) has directed the Higher Education Commission (HEC) to finalise its recommendations in coordination with the federal and provincial governments within a month for a uniform higher…
PM summons CCI meeting on Sept 24
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday summoned a meeting of the Council of Common Interests (CCI) on September 24. The CCI meeting scheduled to take place at 11:30 am at PM Office will be attended…
SC upholds supremacy of parliament, declares CCI subservient institution
In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court (SC) has upheld the supremacy of the parliament over all institutions and declared that the Council of Common Interests (CCI) stands subservient to the parliament…
Fund-raising drive for dam construction gathers pace
–Employees of SC, FO, BoP, NBP announce donation from salaries ISLAMABAD: The fund-raising campaign for the Supreme Court’s initiated dam construction project is gradually gathering pace, as various government institutions and private citizens…
CCI unlikely to allow audit of 5 per cent of 2017 census
Result of 6th census likely to be finalised without audit due to time constraint ISLAMABAD: The demand of some political parties for the audit of the 6th national census conducted in 2017…
CCI agrees to adopt National Water Policy
Policy to be approved in next CCI meeting after incorporating suggestions from provinces ISLAMABAD: The Council of Common Interests (CCI) Tuesday reached a consensus on the need to adopt the National Water…
Govt postpones CCI meeting until March 27
ISLAMABAD: A meeting of Council of Common Interests (CCI), which was scheduled to take place on Wednesday to discuss and finalise Pakistan’s first National Water Policy, has been postponed until March 27.…
Cabinet approves presentation of first-ever draft ‘water policy’ before CCI
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Tuesday chaired a meeting of the federal cabinet at Prime Minister’s Office where the cabinet accorded approval for the presentation of draft water policy before the…
Land reforms bill needs parliamentarians’ attention
ISLAMABAD: The landlords sitting in both houses of parliament have been suppressing the Land Reforms (Amendment) Bill for the last seven years, Pakistan Today has learned. One officer, on the condition of…
Govt suspends census verification process
ISLAMABAD: The government on Tuesday suspended the process of independently verifying the results of sixth housing and population census. The decision came after the emergence of differences between Senate and the Council of…
CCI seeks proposals from provinces for priority SZEs
All provinces to be part of HEC for enhanced representation ISLAMABAD: The Council of Common Interests (CCI) meeting chaired by Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has directed the provinces to submit bankable proposals…
CCI fails to tackle majority inter-provincial issues: report
ISLAMABAD: A number of issues, regarding the inter-provincial matters, have yet to be tackled by the Council of Common Interests, as reported by The Express Tribune. The CCI was established at the…
Issue of de-linking petroleum, gas authority from provincial oversight is with CCI: PM Abbasi
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister (PM) Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Wednesday informed the Senate that the issue of de-linking petroleum and gas authority from provincial oversight was with the Council of Common Interests (CCI) but changes…
CCI decides to enhance one per cent random sampling of census data to five per cent
ISLAMABAD: The Council of Common Interests (CCI) on Friday decided to enhance one per cent random sampling of the census data to five per cent, after receiving a detailed presentation on the issue…
Govt summons NA session on 16th to vote on delimitation bill
ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to call a session of the National Assembly (NA) on Nov 16 to vote on the new delimitation bill after the political parties reached consensus on the…
Polls on time, provinces agree in CCI meeting
Ahsan Iqbal replaces Ishaq Dar as CCI member Sindh CM seeks re-verification of census results by third party PM’s aide says work on fresh delimitations will be initiated after audit ISLAMABAD: The Council…
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