Caretaker cabinet mulls over measures to maintain peace

ISLAMABAD (INP): The federal cabinet met on Monday with caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar in the chair.

The meeting mulled over measures to better the national economy and law and order.

The participants in the cabinet meeting strongly condemned the terrorist strikes in the country.

Last week, terrorist strikes in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa claimed dozens of lives and left a trail of destruction.

The cabinet offered fateha for the departed souls and expressed solidarity with victim families.

They prayed for a speedy recovery of the injured.

The Interior Minister briefed the cabinet about the measures adopted to cope with the challenge, sources said.

Reiterated peace resolve, PM Kakar said anti-terror combat will continue till the scourge is stamped out.

“The government is determined to eliminate terrorism from the country.”

Also, the federal cabinet condemned the bombing in Turkey and expressed solidarity with the terror-hit.

According to Turkish government officials, two terrorists carried out an attack in front of interior ministry buildings in Ankara while one died in the explosion and the other was neutralised.

Noted personalities including former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif offered condolence and showed solidarity with Tukey.

Federal Cabinet on Monday stressed the need to work on war footing for provision of skills to the country’s manpower according to the contemporary requirements. He said the professional education and vocational training programs should be prepared at par the needs of the international market.

Chairing the meeting of the federal cabinet here, the prime minister said steps should be taken to increase employment opportunities of skilled people abroad. On recommendation of federal ministry of education and professional training, the federal cabinet also approved the service level amended agreement between National Vocational and Technical Training Commission and Saudi agency Takamol.

The prime minister directed that all existing centers of technical education and vocational training should be activated.

On the recommendation of the ministry of education and professional training, the Cabinet also approved the signing of the Memorandum of Agreement between the Area Studies Center, University of Peshawar and Central Asia Research Center of Corvinus University of Hungary.

The cabinet also approved the appointment of Lt. Gen. Munir Afsar as Chairman of National Database Registration Authority (NADRA) out of the three names proposed by the Ministry of Interior.

The cabinet was informed that the selection committee had shortlisted names of the three best candidates for the post of Chairman NADRA. After detailed consideration, the cabinet approved the appointment of Lieutenant General Muhammad Munir Afsar as the new Chairman of NADRA.

The Cabinet also extended approval to the name of Summit Bank Limited as Bank Mukarramah Limited on the recommendation of the finance ministry. On the recommendation of the interior ministry, the Cabinet approved the agreement between the governments of Pakistan and Ecuador, under which diplomatic, officials and special passport holders of both countries would be mutually exempted from visa.

The Cabinet also gave assent to the decisions taken in the meetings of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) on September 6 and September, 2023.