Top Story April 8, 2021 ISLAMABAD: The Council of Common Interests (CCI) on Wednesday decided to hold a virtual meeting on Monday to take a final decision on notifying the census-2017 results. Prime Minister Imran Khan chaired the council’s 44th meeting here. On the issue of import of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and implementation of Article 158 and 172(3) of the Constitution, it was decided to constitute a committee comprising the minister for Planning, the minister for Energy and the SAPM for Power and Petroleum to hold consultations with the provinces to evolve a consensus on the way forward in meeting the challenge of dwindling local gas reserves and increasing domestic gas requirements. The meeting, attended by the four chief ministers and relevant ministers and others, also decided to establish a permanent Secretariat of Council of Common Interests as required under Article 154(3) of the Constitution. This is for the first time that a permanent Secretariat of the CCI is being established to meet the long overdue constitutional requirement.