The federal cabinet has issued a notification for reconstitution of National Economic Council (NEC) with Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in the chair. The notification stated that in exercise of power conferred upon article 156 of the Constitution, the President has reconstituted the National Economic Council (NEC).
The Prime Minister of Pakistan would be Chairman of the NEC while members nominated by the Prime Minister are Finance Minister Ishaq Dar (Member), Ahsan Iqbal, Minister for Interior (Member); Ghulam Murtaza Khan Jatoi, Minister for Industries and Production (Member) and Muhammad Pervaiz Malik, Minister for Commerce and Textile (Member).
Chief Minister of Balochistan and Dr Hamid Khan Achakzai, Minister for Planning and Development, would be members of NEC and from Province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister and Muzafar Said, Minister for Finance, would be members of the NEC.
Chief Minister Punjab and provincial Minister for Finance Dr Ayesha Ghaus Pasha would be members of the NEC from Punjab. Chief Minister Sindh and Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani, Minister for Planning and Development, would be members of the NEC from Sindh province.
Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Prime Minister Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Gilgit-Baltistan, Deputy Chairman Planning Commission and Secretary Finance Division as well as Secretary Economic Affairs Division and Secretary, Planning, Development and Reform Division will attend the NEC as special invitees. Other federal secretaries, including chief secretaries of the provinces, Azad Jammu & Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan will attend the meetings of the National Economic Council, by special invitation, on need basis.