PM agrees in principle to shift the Sugar Advisory Board on Khusro Bakhtiar’s request
ISLAMABAD:
Prime Minister Imran Khan has agreed in principle to transfer the Sugar Advisory Board (SAB) from the Ministry of Industries to some other ministry in view of the newly appointed industry minister’s refusal to chair the board due to conflict of interest.
During a recent cabinet reshuffle, the prime minister elevated Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar to federal minister for industries. He was earlier heading a relatively less important Ministry of Economic Affairs.
Bakhtiar’s family has stakes in the Rahim Yar Khan (RYK) Group that owns five sugar mills with a total production capacity of 637,691 metric tons and has 12.24% share in total national production capacity.
Sugar Advisory Board to be transferred from industry ministry
Prime Minister Imran Khan has agreed in principle to transfer the Sugar Advisory Board (SAB) from the Ministry of Industries to some other ministry in view of the newly appointed industry minister’s refusal to chair the board due to conflict of interest.
During a recent cabinet reshuffle, the prime minister elevated Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar to federal minister for industries. He was earlier heading a relatively less important Ministry of Economic Affairs.
Bakhtiar’s family has stakes in the Rahim Yar Khan (RYK) Group that owns five sugar mills with a total production capacity of 637,691 metric tons and has 12.24% share in total national production capacity.
Parties clash as budget talks enter second day
Yle s political correspondent said it was a case of the Centre Party vs. the rest
Centre Party leader Annika Saarikko arrives at the house of the Estates.
Image: Silja Viitala / Yle
Party leaders and government ministers have arrived at the House of the Estates for a second day of negotiations over the future of the national budget.
Talks over the budget framework were paused on Wednesday evening, with ministers saying little progress had been made. The governing parties are quite far apart, said Finance Minister
Matti Vanhanen (Cen).
Key sticking points were disagreements over boosting employment and reducing the national debt, with Centre Party leader
On Thursday (April 22) the Estonian government approved the terms and conditions of the distribution of the â¬4 million crisis aid for operators of intercity commercial bus services.
The reason for giving such aid to bus operators is a significant reduction in passenger numbers. In the past year, passenger numbers on intercity bus routes have reduced by 50 percent on the average compared to 2019, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications said. The coping of bus companies depends on ticket sales. Unfortunately, for almost a year already they have had to use their own reserves to stay afloat. Companies which have experienced a low for so long need support, and hopefully, we can see also passenger numbers recover in the second half of the year. As long as that has not happened, the support meant for them should offer relief, Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure Taavi Aas (Center) said.
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