Mon 14th December 2020 | 11:56 PM
Federal Minister for Defence and Chairman steering committee on CRBC (China Road and Bridge Corporation) Pervez Khan Khattak on Monday directed Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) to complete feasibility of Chasma Right Bank Canal Project (CRBC) within Nine months
ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 14th Dec, 2020 ):Federal Minister for Defence and Chairman steering committee on CRBC (China Road and Bridge Corporation) Pervez Khan Khattak on Monday directed Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) to complete feasibility of Chasma Right Bank Canal Project (CRBC) within Nine months.
Chairing the first meeting of the Steering Committee on CRBC at the Parliament house, Khattak said this project would be directly beneficial for irrigating 2,60,000 acres of barren land in Khaber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and this project should be treated as special project.
This combination file photo shows four advisers Abdul Razak Dawood (Commerce), Dr Ishrat Hussain (Institutional Reforms), Dr Babar Awan (Parliamentary Affairs) and Mirza Shahzad Akbar (Interior). File photo
ISLAMABAD: Though the cabinet reshuffle may take some pressure off the government in light of the Islamabad High Court’s (IHC) recent judgement stating that unelected advisers cannot hold executive responsibilities, the working of important official functionaries remains clouded in uncertainty.
IHC Justice Aamer Farooq, on a petition filed by PML-N lawmaker Rana Iradat Sharif, had ruled that advisers and special assistants could assist and advise the prime minister on their respective subjects but not intervene in the executive’s domain.
PM removes Khusro Bakhtiar as food security minister in yet another cabinet reshuffle
Decision comes two days after Bakhtiar emerged as a major beneficiary in sugar crisis inquiry report
Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms Khusro Bakhtiar. PHOTO: APP
ISLAMABAD:
In a quick response to a damning report that points to some of the top ruling party leaders’ involvement in the sugar crisis, Prime Minister Imran Khan has changed portfolios of key ministers while bringing in new faces.
Monday’s reshuffle looks especially limited when compared with Imran’s first reshuffle carried out in April last year.
The prime minister replaced Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar with Syed Fakhar Imam as Federal Minister for National Food Security, said a notification issued by the PM Office, adding Azam Sawati was made Federal Minister for Narcotics Control.