Tomb of Treasures official game platform websitePrime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday directed to constitute a high-powered committee to formulate long, medium and short-term strategies on the energy efficiency and conservation measures implementation roadmap proposed by the Power Division.
The committee, to be headed by Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, will consist of members including Commerce Minister Syed Naveed Qamar, Mini
ster for Industries and
Production Syed Murtaza Mehmood, Mini
ster for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafiq, Mini
ster for Planning Ahsan Iqbal, Mini
ster for Law Azam Nazir Tarar, Mini
ster for Information Marriyum Aurangzeb, Mini
ster for Climate Change Sherry Rehman and Mini
ster for Board of Investment Ch. Salik Hussain. The prime minister, while chairing the meeting of the
federal cabinet, directed the Power Division to give a detailed briefing next week regarding the power theft and line losses as well as the strategy to check it. He also called for launching an appropriate public awareness campaign about energy conservation, a press release issued by the PM Media Wing here said.
The Prime Minister while referring to his October 10 visit to Thar said that cheaper electricity can be produced through Thar Coal Project.
He said that unnecessary delay on the
project in past was not less than a national tragedy, but now these
projects were among the government’s priorities. The Prime Mini
ster further said that the
project will help reduce the country’s US$ 24 billion energy import bill.
He also appreciated all the stakeholders involved in the
project and said in that regard an important review meeting will be held next week.
The
federal cabinet, on the recommendation of Interior Ministry included Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Rwanda, Belarus and Slovakia in business visa list for the promotion of bilateral trade relations with these countries.
On the recommendation of Interior Ministry, the
federal cabinet approved the family visa extension period from one to t
wo years.
It also approved the issuance of 30 days non-extendable family visit category single entry visa on Travel / Asylum/ Temporary documents verified by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The
federal cabinet approved the addition of following in Pakistan Online Visa System (POVS): –
Fields showing address and place of stay of applicants, intended entry port/border/airport, place of work, contact details including sponsor details may be made mandatory. Same fields shall also be made mandatory for private individuals other than CPEC
projects. In case of business visa, contact details of the sponsor may be made mandatory. The
federal cabinet, on the recommendation of the Ministry of Housing and Works, approved the allotment of 23 canal at Nabha Road Lahore to Supreme Court of Pakistan for Lahore Registry of the apex court.
The cabinet also endorsed decisions taken by Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet (ECC) during its meetings on 30-09-2022 and 10-10-2022. The cabinet expressing its serious concern over the incident of firing on a school bus in Swat strongly condemned it, prayed for those martyred in the incident as well as for early recovery of the injured children.