ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani Wednesday held a
separate meeting with the federal ministers from Sindh as they were
expressing reservations over restoration of the local government system
in parts of the province.
This was revealed by the Federal
Information Minister Firdous Ashiq Awan while giving briefing about the
meeting of the cabinet held here under the chairmanship of the prime
minister.
To a question about conflict within the cabinet after
the government had annulled commissioner system in Karachi and
Hyderabad, she said, “There was no such conflict that surfaced in
cabinet meeting Wednesday , however, some of the ministers had
reservations which were addressed after the Prime Minister held a
separate meeting with them.”
She said that there were some
flaws in the ordinance relating to the local bodies and that would be
removed after consultation and it would be soon extended to the whole
of Sindh.
Regarding creation of the new provinces, she said it
was decided that any such step would be taken after consultation with
all the stakeholders. She observed that the government is considering
to create new provinces as the people were demanding it.
Meanwhile,
in the meeting the Prime Minister took notice of the unscheduled load
shedding across the country and directed the concerned ministries to
hold daily meeting and come up with some out of box short term and long
term solution , she informed.
Awan said that Gilani also took
notice of the price hike in the month of Ramdan and sought reports in
this connection from the provincial governments. He ordered that
vigilant eye should be kept on the prices and quality of commodities in
Sasta Bazaars in the capital city of Islamabad. “The prime minister
could undertake a surprise visit to Ramdhan bazzars,” she added.
In
the meeting the minister for industries informed the cabinet about the
measures taken by Utility Stores Corporation (USC). The prime minister
directed that USC network be extended through out Balochistan and FATA
Area adding that no complaint of shortage of any commodity should come
from the people, the information minister said.
She said that
the prime minister after extending bail out package, Rs. 11 billion, to
Pakistan Railways (PR) hoped that PR would come on track soon. The
Prime Minister directed the Ministry of Railways that special Eid
trains would continue to operate on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr.
The
cabinet also agreed to give permission to start negotiations with
Mexico for agreement on Custom matters, and approved the MoU on Pak-UK
cooperation signed by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Online
