Islamabad: The Federal Government has reconstituted the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet and the Federal Minister for Industries and Production has also been made a member of the ECC.
Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has re-constituted the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) and made the Federal Minister of Industry and Production a member of the ECC. After joining the Minister of Industry and Production, the number of ECC members has increased to 7.
According to the announcement in this regard, the finance minister will remain the chairman of the economic coordination committee. ECC members include the Federal Ministers of Commerce, Energy and Petroleum.
Federal ministers of economic affairs and planning are also part of the committee.
It should be noted that earlier the Prime Minister had appointed the Finance Minister as the Chairman while changing the Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet. The Prime Minister had withdrawn his decision to head the ECC himself.