KP CM Gandapur to attend SIFC meeting

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Khan Gandapur has said that he will attend the Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) meeting in Islamabad today after formally receiving invitation.

Initially, he was not invite in the meeting chaired by the Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

“Yes, surely, I will represent my province in the SIFC meeting,” he said.

Special Assistant to CM KP on information and public relations, Barrister Mohammad Ali Saif also confirmed the development.

Earlier, Barrister Saif had criticised the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz-led coalition government for not inviting the KP chief minister to the SIFC meeting.

“Ignoring the province and its people from their representation in the SIFC is a great injustice to this province,” he said earlier this week.

SIFC meeting

The meeting will be chaired by PM Shehbaz Sharif at the PM House today (Saturday).

The country’s top civil and military leadership, federal ministers and chief secretaries would attend the meeting and ratify decisions during the huddle.

Interior Minister Mohsin Naqi will brief the meeting on anti-smuggling measures.

The committee will also be apprised of the progress made on the $10 billion investment from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) okayed by the Gulf nation during PM Shehbaz’s recent visit.

The apex committee meeting will be held at 12:00 pm which will be attended by Information Minister Atta Tarar, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb, Defense Minister Khawaja Asif, and Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal.

Apart from this, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, Minister of Law and Justice Azam Nazir Tarar, Minister of Commerce, Minister of Water Resources and Chief Secretaries of the four provinces have also been invited.