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Minister for Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs Asad Umer moved a motion for consideration of the bill which was passed by the House.

ISLAMABAD -- Prime Minister Imran Khan has constituted a seven-member Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) with Minister for Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs Asad Umer as its chairman, said a notificaion issued by the Cabinet Division.

The briefing was attended by Minister for Finance Mr.

Minister for Finance Shamshad Akhtar gave a detailed presentation to the participants about the deliberations during meetings of Financial Action Task Force and International Co-operation Review Group held in Paris.

The newly stalled Federal Minister for Finance Dr Shamshad Akhtar on Wednesday directed all authorities to fill required existing gaps on administrative and legal fronts before attending this scheduled meeting.

Federal Minister for Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs Miftah Ismail has hinted at accepting an overwhelming majority of recommendations given by the Senate on the proposed budget but refused to accept the demands to increase income tax rates and cut petroleum levies.

Advisor to Prime Minister on Finance, Dr Miftah Ismail has taken oath as the federal minister for finance, revenue and economic affairs on Friday hours before the budget presentation in the national assembly.

15 which was held Monday, in the presence of State Minister for Finance Dr.

"There are huge powers being given in this Bill to the Minister for Finance and huge potential for the Minister for Finance to politically interfere and for Fianna Fail to politically interfere."

According to a notification issued by the Cabinet Division, the members of ECNEC included Minister for Planning, Development and Reform, Makhdoom Khusro Bukhtiar, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Commerce, Textile, Industry and Production and Investment, Abdul Razak Dawood, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Institutional Reforms and Austerity, Dr Ishrat Hussain, Minister for Finance, Punjab Makhdum Hashim Jawan Bakht, Nisar Ahmed Khuhro from Sindh, Minister for Finance, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Taimur Saleem Khan Jhagra and Minister for Communication and Works Department, Balochistan, Nawabzada Tariq Khan Magsi.

The meeting was attended by Lt Gen A(r) Naeem Khalid Lodhi, Minister for Defence, Abdullah Hussain Haroon, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Shamshad Akhtar, Minister for Finance, Mohammad Azam Khan, Minister for Interior, Syed Ali Zafar, Minister for Law/Information, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Zubair Mahmood Hayat, Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan, Director General ISI Lt Gen Naveed Mukhtar and senior civil and military officials.