ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan will a meeting of the federal cabinet today (Tuesday) to discuss the economic and political situation in the country.
The prime minister will preside over the federal cabinet meeting to be held at the Prime Minister’s office. The cabinet will discuss a 14-point agenda during the meeting. The federal cabinet will also be briefed on the current coronavirus situation in the country.
The prime minister has started consultations with close party aides for appointing a new accountability adviser as Mirza Shahzad Akbar quit from the post. Several names including Senator Barrister Saif and Brigadier (Retd) Muhammad Musaddiq Abbasi are being considered as adviser to the PM on accountability. Sources also indicated that there will be a reshuffle in the federal cabinet in the current week.
Meanwhile, PM Imran Khan chaired the CEC meeting of ruling PTI in which strategy for the next round of LG polls in KP and upcoming elections in ICT and Punjab came under discussion.
The party’s preparations for LG polls were discussed in the meeting and it was decided that the election campaign will be made more effective to get maximum results. Prime Minister finalised names of the candidates for district mayors in the districts where PTI received a majority.
PM Imran Khan also chaired the meeting of party spokespersons and party leaders separately which discussed the prevailing political situation in the country.
Speaking in the meeting, the prime minister made it clear that there was no deal with Sharif family and PML-N deliberately spreading rumours to create a favorable atmosphere for them. “Any deal with the Sharif family will be tantamount to treason with the nation”, PM Imran Khan reportedly told party leaders.
He directed party spokespersons and leaders to counter propaganda against his government by the opposition. He said PML-N used Rana Shamim however entire conspiracy had been exposed before the court of law.
