ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan today (Saturday) has reconstituted the Economic Advisory Council (EAC), inducting members from public and private sectors.
According to a notification issued by the Finance Division, the advisory council shall be chaired by the prime minister and the minister for finance and revenue shall be the vice-chairman. In the absence of the prime minister, the finance minister may chair the meeting.
The EAC shall include private sector members as well as official members. The private sector officials include Abid Suleri, Arif Habib, Asif Qureshi, Ejaz Nabi, Farooq Rehmatullah, Muhammad Ali Tabba, Rashid Amjad, Salman Shah, Shaukat Tarin, Shamshad Akhtar, Sultan Allana, Syed Salim Raza and Zaid Ali Muhammad.
The EAC will recommend macroeconomic stabilisation measures and carry forward the reform agenda for robust and sustained economic growth. It will also have an advisory and capacity enhancement relationship with the government of Pakistan.
The EAC aims to promote analytically sound and evidence based reforms and initiatives after taking all stakeholders on board. The Ministry of Finance will be the nodal government agency for the EAC.
