Cabinet gives approval for issuing licenses to some new airlines

PM Imran Khan to raise Indian Kashmir issue with united nation’s secretary general

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan will talk to the United Nations’ Secretary General today (Thursday) about worsening situation in Indian Occupied Kashmir, said Fawad Chaudhry Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting.

Talking to the media after the meeting of the federal cabinet held, here today, Fawad Chaudhry said that the cabinet expressed concern over increasing brutalities of the India forces in the occupied valley.

About other main decisions taken by the federal cabinet today, Fawad Chaudhry said that master plans of major cities of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces will be prepared as well as direction has been made to prepare master plan for Islamabad.

“Prime minister has prohibited from any deduction from FATA fund,” Fawad Chaudhry said, adding that Rs 1.63 billion were released for FATA.

The information minister said Pakistan will remain ‘neutral’ over Yemen issue, while UAE will announce a package for Pakistan in near future.

He said ministers were asked to reduce their foreign trips, as a part of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government’s austerity campaign.

Cabinet has also given the approval of licenses for some new air lines. He said that we want to ease the Visa facilities for foreign journalists and creating more facilities for the tourists visiting the Pakistan.

Highlighting the Islamabad’s efforts for Afghanistan in diverse fields, the minister said Pakistan government is building a kidney hospital in Kabul, aimed to facilitate the masses living over there.

Criticizing the opposition parties, Mr Fawad said opposition’s aim is to create hindrance in process of legislation in upper and lower house of the parliament.

Replying to a query, he said no minister has commented on the JIT report filed in the top court earlier  today by FIA, formed to probe money laundering scam. JIT has submitted sealed report in the Supreme Court today, he added.

 

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